UPDATES MAY 2024

Since the release of the Oct 2023 consultation there has been ongoing delays to the second phase of the English consultation which was originally to be released in Feb/March2024.

It is now unlikely to be released until later in 2024 due to the General Election now being called this therefore means no one will be able to give a timescale for the implementation of the second phase of the English consultation, regulations and licensing.

Here at ABC we understand how confusing everything is when it comes to 

• CPD 
• QUALIFICATIONS 
• REGULATIONS 
• LICENSING

So, to make it simple let's first understand the history to beauty and aesthetics.

Our industry has NEVER been properly regulated nor has it required any form of licensing unless it is certain aspects of SPMU or piercing. This has meant that anyone has been able to go and do a one day cpd course in for example dermal fillers or Botulinum Toxin and then practice on the public without any oversight.

There also until recently have been no qualifications for aesthetic modalities and the way the industry dealt with this was what we call self regulation and courses were developed under the CPD banner. Whilst there is most certainly a place for cpd over the past few years we have unfortunately seen some shocking trainers and courses come on to the market leading to bad training and poorly educated practitioners both medics and non medics!

Thankfully this is changing with the UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments each doing their own aesthetics and beauty consultations with regards introducing regulations and licensing. The English Government has started a consultation with the first phase out in Oct 2023 which covered various treatments and placed them in to the new traffic light system with

• GREEN allowing any qualified practitioner to do the treatments
• AMBER allowing suitably trained practitioners to practice those treatments subject to clinical oversight
• RED allowing only medics to practice certain treatments

The second stage of the UK Government consultation is due out very shortly and will cover the following

• TRAINING
• QUALIFICATIONS
• CLINICAL OVERSIGHT

It is worth noting here that it has been mentioned that there could be a third stage to the consultation to cover the impact on businesses.

Whilst no one can definitively say what will be introduced we do know from the KEOUGH REPORT and the government that ALL PRACTITIONERS WHETHER MEDIC OR NON MEDIC WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE

• KNOWLEDGABLE
• COMPETENT
• QUALIFIED

SCOTLAND AND WALES

Please note that the English consultation, regulations and licensing will apply to England only .

Scotland and Wales are undertaking their own consultations that reflect what is required in those devolved countries!