Reflecting and looking forward: an update from the JCCP

I am delighted as the Executive Chair of the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP) to be able to write this update at such a critical point in the debate regarding public protection and regulation for the aesthetic industry in the UK. I am fully aware of the controversy that imbues the sector about regulation, standards, qualifications, practitioner registration, products, advertising, premises etc.to name just a few of the issues that inform my mail box every day. However, I am pleased to say that the single overriding driver that unites all of us in this sector is the need to focus on patient safety and public protection.

The establishment of the JCCP has been a challenging endeavour, characterised by excellent sector engagement and scrutiny from a myriad of interest groups that occupy space within this rapidly expanding and exciting sector. As the Executive Chair of the Council, I have had to steer a course that has been informed by ‘listening’ to multiple opinions and driven by a genuine attempt to bring as many of the key interest groups and people together, while working within the constraints of existing Government legislation and regulation. This is a role that I have embraced as a fully independent ‘Chair’.