Plastic surgeons criticise government over new rules
New rules on cosmetic procedures will leave the public “no better protected” and represent “a thoroughly wasted opportunity” to crack down on unsafe practitioners, plastic surgeons have said.On Thursday the Government published its response to a major review of cosmetic procedures in the UK, which was led by the chief medical officer of the NHS in England last year, Sir Bruce Keogh, in the wake of the PIP breast implants scandal.But in a fierce critique, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) said it was “no less than appalled” with what it deemed a failure to regulate “the Wild West” of the high street cosmetic industry.
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