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Dr Williams explains that the BAHRS will be reporting all clinics it is aware of, that are offering HRS but are not registered. Once reported, it is up to the CQC to take steps to stop clinics operating until they are registered. Dr Williams further clarifies, “Any service provider offering hair transplant surgery or prosthetic hair fibre implantation must be registered with the CQC. A service provider can be an individual, a partnership or an organisation [such as companies, charities, NHS trusts and local authorities]. A service provider, which is a subsidiary of another company that is CQC registered must still, itself, be registered.”3 He adds that, “A service provider can use or rent an operating theatre of another service provider but both providers must be CQC registered. The location may not need to be registered but the provider must be.”4
The future Two new HRS standards are due to be released in early 2018 by the CPSA – one on hair transplant surgery and one on prosthetic hair fibre implantation.5 For practitioners who practice HRS, to be included on the JCCP register, they must meet the standards of the procedures they offer to patients. Dr Williams, who has worked with the CPSA on these standards, explains, “We can certainly say at this stage, it is proposed that only GMC registered doctors should perform the surgical steps of hair transplantation procedures, which includes making FUE incisions to harvest donor hair, and that only GMC registered doctors who are also hair transplant surgeons should offer prosthetic hair fibre implantation.” The standards will
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also reiterate that both forms of HRS must be undertaken by CQCregistered service providers.3 However, Dr Williams says patients need to be made more aware of the dangers, “I think there needs to be wider public awareness campaigns about HRS, who can offer it, and the type of facility where it should be performed. I also believe patients and practitioners should not hesitate to report any clinics to the CQC that offer HRS and are not registered.” Dr Williams concludes, “If you are operating on patients in a non-CQC registered hair transplant clinic then you are operating illegally.” REFERENCES 1. CQC, Regulated activities, Care Quality Commission, <http://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/ registration/regulated-activities> 2. HEE, Review of qualifications required for delivery of non-surgical cosmetic interventions, Phase 1, (2014) <https://hee.nhs.uk/hee-your-area/north-west-london/our-work/attracting-developing-ourworkforce/qualification-requirements-non-surgical-cosmetic-procedures> 3. CQC, Scope of registration, <http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20150428_scope_of_ registration_independent_medical_practitioners_working_in_private_practice.pdf> 4. CQC, What is a location guidance, <http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20160211_300900_ v6_00_what_is_a_location_guidance.pdf> 5. CPSA, Hair Restoration Surgery <http://www.cosmeticstandards.org.uk/hair-restoration-surgery.html>
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Reproduced from Aesthetics | Volume 4/Issue 12 - November 2017