§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2004,Official Report, column 800W, on cosmetic surgery, if he will accept the Select Committee's recommendation that health warnings be placed on all advertising for cosmetic surgery. [184209]
§ Dr. LadymanThe Government's response to all the recommendations in the Health Select Committee's fifth report on the regulation of private and other independent healthcare was published on 3 December 1999. Copies are available in the Library.
The Government did not support the Committee's recommendation that health warnings be placed on all advertising for cosmetic surgery. As the Committee noted, all surgery carries an element of risk—it is not exclusive to cosmetic procedures. It is the professional duty of all surgeons to discuss with each patient the possible risks, to secure informed consent.