HC Deb 17 May 1994 vol 243 c416W
Mr. French

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to regulate private cosmetic surgery clinics.

Mr. Sackville

Private cosmetic surgery clinics are covered by the Registered Homes Act 1984. There are no plans to extend regulation.

Mr. French

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what training is required by those who wish to practise as cosmetic surgeons.

Mr. Sackville

There is no separate speciality of comsetic surgery. Surgeons in plastic surgery in the national health service are required to undergo basic and higher specialist training in posts, and to standards, approved by the Joint Committee on Higher Surgical Training of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons. The required training for those who wish to practise plastic surgery in the independent sector is a matter for the employer and the health insurers.