So what exactly is a medical aesthetician and moreover, who and what is the nurse aesthetician? How do we portray ourselves and more importantly how does the public identify with a nurse practising in...
» The JCCP will continue to work closely with its appointed key opinion leaders and with its corporate partners to build on a shared commitment to ‘to enhance patient safety and public protection...
Mental health problems are a growing public health concern and are becoming established as one of the main causes of the overall disease burden worldwide (World Health Organization (WHO), 2001;...
You may be familiar with the court decision of Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board (2015) UKSC 11. This was a case in which damages were awarded as a result of a failure to adequately explain the...
» The Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners has previously advised of the need for all healthcare practitioners who work in the aesthetic sector to adopt an assiduous approach to accurate record...
This patient was a 30-year-old woman had no relevant medical history and no known allergies. She received toxin treatment to the glabella, forehead and crow's feet at a cost of £80 for the full...
The UK aesthetics sector is widely recognised to need statutory regulation and greater patient safety. Often referred to as the ‘Wild West’, the UK currently allows non-medical professionals to...
The recommendations for leadership, as described in the Harvard Business Review (2011), can be adapted to mentorship. Clear values and vision can promote productive and harmonious working between the...
Without a doubt, regenerative medicine of all kinds is at the forefront of aesthetic medicine, and incorporation will give an extra dimension to practices. When you think about it, non-invasive...
Potential students/course participants should be able to fully understand what is being offered when they review advertisements for training and education courses. This will include the inclusion of...
It is important to understand the lack of regulation in aesthetic medicine in order to critically analyse and evaluate the role of the mentor within this specialism. Following Keogh's (2013) review of...
There are numerous medical models of consulting described in the literature, such as the Calgary–Cambridge and Pendleton models (Denness, 2013), and many of us from the NHS have retained this way of...
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