Tough rules to stop rogue cosmetic surgery clinics

NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh, who will lead the inquiry into cosmetic surgery, will recommend tighter rules in several key areas;

• Making it routine practice for surgeons to register all devices - from breast implants to hip replacements - on a detailed register that could be used to detect trends and trace individual patients.

• Requiring clinics to join a scheme, similar to that run by the travel industry, that would offer patients protection if a company went bust.

• tightening the rules on anti-ageing dermal fillers, which require only basic safety checks and can legally be injected by anyone.
• Introducing minimum training requirements for surgeons carrying out cosmetic procedures.