Suggested operational plan guidelines for COVID-19

While the pandemic has caused worldwide chaos and the uncertainty continues, for us to resume our aesthetic practice, there will be a ‘new normal’.

The date regarding when we can return to clinics is dependent on UK Government advice regarding easing lockdown Seeing patients will depend on the four countries devolved administrations, and therefore, this advice could be different depending on where you practise. The British Association of Cosmetic Nurses (BACN) has been carefully monitoring these announcements in terms of how they apply to members and aesthetic clinics. The debate regarding when to return could become contentious, but the BACN has been working to get detailed clarification from the Government. If we are able to get this clarification, it will be posted on our website, and during this time, any decision to reopen clinics will be down to individual members.

The BACN recognises the risks associated with delivering medical aesthetic treatments and understands the concern and anxieties associated with working during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our goal has been to produce a set of guidelines to enable aesthetic practitioners to make the adjustments needed and to prepare for reopening clinics. The BACN board and regional leaders have been working extremely hard on these guidelines, and we are now able to share them (BACN, 2020). The guidelines are also available in the resource section of the member's area of the website, under ‘Reference materials’, ‘COVID-19’.