License lower-risk cosmetic procedures
“We are also committed to introducing a local authority licensing scheme for lower-risk cosmetic procedures in the current Parliament, ensuring that practitioners are appropriately trained, insured, and working to safe standards.”
- Promised
Where it stands
The minister made the commitment alongside a consultation on restricting the highest-risk procedures to regulated professionals. The Department of Health and Social Care's release the same day names Botox and lip filler among the lower-risk treatments. Neither gives a date within this Parliament, so the card has no deadline. The card moves when the licensing scheme is set out in regulations.
What has happened
- Oct 2026The health minister commits to a local authority licensing scheme for lower-risk cosmetic procedures in this Parliament, Promised
About the cost
No cost has been published.
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