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The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) first quarterly report shows that 82% of all independent acute and mental health providers are meeting all the CQC’s essential standards.

IHAS director Sally Taber outlines the appraisals procedure for GPs

The Independent Healthcare Advisory Service (IHAS) welcomes the recent publication from the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) Professional Standards for Cosmetic Surgery. The standards clearly state that only registered doctors, dentists and nurses should be carrying out cosmetic injectable procedures and only appropriately qualified doctors carry out invasive cosmetic surgery. This position directly supports Treatments You Can Trust, the IHAS website to guide those thinking of having injectable cosmetic treatments. IHAS does not believe standards go far enough in defining the qualifications required to undertake cosmetic surgery and also believe that there are occasions and certain types of procedures when others apart from those three professions could use class 3B and Class 4 lasers in cosmetic practice. Therefore the standards come with a number of cautions and concerns about the content in relation to other areas of cosmetic interventions.

The training and education of healthcare workers in the UK is currently a priority for the Department of Health (DH). It is in the process of developing Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs) which have been designed to commission education and training across all regions.

IHAS director Sally Taber updates on the progress of the regulation scheme for the cosmetic treatments industry

Health insurance is now the most popular workplace benefit after contributory pension schemes, according to the 2016 Willis PMI Group Employee Benefits Index. The...

Revalidation Support Team hands over to NHS England on April 1st