BACN EXCLUSIVE! BACN are pleased to announce:
Merz Global Marketing specialist Philipp Kendzior, flying in from Frankfurt exclusively for the BACN! “It’s about new patients” Transferring the principles of eCommerce to Online Marketing – what you can learn from success stories.
Super Secrets of Business Success Monday March 10th 2014 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 27 Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RG Registration from 9.30am for prompt 10am start. Finish 5.30pm. Join us for the best business meeting of the year! PROGRAMME * :
MARCUS HAYCOCK - The world has gone Mobile: mobile responsive websites or apps
DAN TRAVIS - Existing clients are the answer to increasing your clinic's profits
RON MYERS - Your Business Model: what are you trying to build?
SCOTT BAKER and TRACEY PRIOR (Blow Media) – The Success of Considered Presence and Branding
GILLY DICKONS (Aesthetic Response)
NATALIE BLAKELY - Benefits of cloud based patient records
ROGER SMALLWOOD – VAT
LORNA JACKSON – Social Media
NIKKI ZANNA, RGN, INP - 'Growing a Cosmetic Practice - a nurses journey
* Programme subject to change – watch this space! BACN member - £99 (subsidised rate) Click HERE to register and pay Non-Members - £160 Click HERE to register and pay Places limited to 80 delegates; book your place early to save disappointment!
Dear Member, RCN Those 78% of members who are also RCN members will have been shocked to hear the news that The RCN, from July, will exclude aesthetic nursing from their insurance cover. Whilst we have no expectation that the RCN will change its stance, we will be asking for further information on why and how they reached this momentous decision, which we feel sends out a very negative message without the necessary detail to qualify it. Insurance groups have reported that nurses tend to be more cautious than other clinical groups in the treatments they undertake; only 14% of all paid claims since 2009 were related to treatments undertaken by nurses. The leading medical insurance group reported that very few complaints made by patients were against nurses in the past 5 years (none for chemical denervation and less than 10 for dermal fillers). They speculated that this was due to the relationship fostered between nurse and patient and how nurses manage expectations and complaints. We would benefit from a full understanding of WHY the RCN consider aesthetic nurses to represent such an unacceptable risk, what percentage of total paid claims and for what reasons? Do the RCN mirror the experience of other insurers or does their experience differ, and why? We do need to examine the practice that leads to claims and consider how we, as an organisation, need to direct our standards and learning to reduce risk to the public, also to protect the reputation of nurses who DO practice safely, professionally and ethically. Teen Tox Survey Thank you to all those who took the time to participate in this flash survey. You may all take a look and form your own conclusions, but those who have volunteered to help develop guidelines will make good use of the survey and all your comments to produce consensus guidelines. As clinicians, it will always be your decision who to treat and how, as long as your decision is informed by best practice and safety standards and influenced primarily by the best interests of the individual patient. Good comments made in the survey, worth reading. 29 members expressed willing to contribute to the guidelines, but only two have contacted Kris with contact details. Please do contact admin@cosmeticnurses.org to be included in the working group.
CRC Press now offer a 20% discount for BACN members on ALL publications on their website.
www.crcpress.com Search 'Cosmetic Dermatology' for the books relevant to our field. There will be a 'Book of The Month', every month going forward.
Surgical Thread Lifting There has been some discussion and postings on social media recently on the topic of nurses carrying out surgical thread lifting using reabsorbable sutures. Though the scope of nursing practice is not limited by definition, it must be undertaken with due consideration of a sound evidence base of safety and efficacy and the nurse must be able to evidence competency. The BACN is not satisfied that any of these criteria have been sufficiently explored, and certainly the necessary Competencies have not been defined or agreed. Nurses should not accept manufacturers or distributors standards without thorough scrutiny. The availability of insurance cover does not reflect in and of itself an endorsement or justification to undertake any procedure in the absence of clear, independent and professional consensus guidelines. It is unclear as to who has made the decision that this procedure is appropriate for nurses to undertake. We must not rely on commercial companies and those who are paid by them to make this decision - they will often err on the side of profit. Although it may be purported that NIP’s would be in a position to treat complications such as infection or allergic reaction, nurses would not be in a position to address facial nerve or parotid duct damage or serious adverse events without advanced surgical support.
Conference Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th October, 2014 Please put the date in your diary. This year will be in the South, Venue to be confirmed. We are planning one day of educational and inspiring presentations (Friday) and a half day (Saturday) of practical workshops with a dinner and dance on the Friday Night. Draft Programme: Treating Patients with Migraine Bio-identical Hormones Toxin FAQs Antibiotics responsible prescribing Understanding Granuloma Lip Masterclass theory and techniques Participating in research Anatomy and Physiology Psychological assessment in aesthetic practice
Registration/payment options and further details will be released next week. Keep an eye on the website, and look out for a ‘newsflash’.
Health Education England Update As you are aware, Health Education England (HEE) is working with regulators and royal colleges to conduct a review of the qualifications required for non-surgical cosmetic procedures. This is one of the outcomes of the ‘Review of the Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions’ led by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh. To inform this review, HEE have asked interested parties to contribute to a ‘Call for Evidence’ and will be holding workshops providing an opportunity for all stakeholders to contribute to the review and will bring together a variety of stakeholders including:
Professional Associations Regulatory bodies Royal Colleges Practitioners Course Providers Insurers Publishers Other stakeholders and organisations.
The BACN will be submitting a joint response with BCAM to the call for evidence (which anyone may participate in see our website News section and click on the link). We are delighted to be collaborating with our medical colleagues. We will also be around the table at a series of expert group meetings with HEE and will keep you informed of any progress made. Administering POM’s It has been brought to our attention that there are members who are attempting to solicit supplies or toxin, bypassing prescriptions and face to face assessment, and more worryingly, supplying toxins without a prescription. Whilst we do appreciate how challenging it is to provide a service to patients requesting toxin and how difficult it is to access the V300, such behaviour is illegal, in breach of your professional Code of Conduct and puts you at risk of prosecution and losing your registration. Such behaviour plays into the hands of the media and those who see Aesthetic Medicine as a field which attracts the greedy with no regard for legislation, regulation, safety or ethics. The BACN are working extremely hard to present our members as nurses who strive for best practice standards and to promote aesthetic nurses as safe, professional and ethical. We would not hesitate to suspend any member found to be in breach of NMC Standards and our own Code of Conduct. I would ask members to ensure they have read our Code of Conduct and to please contact us if they need any help, advice or support.
Regional Group Leaders
East Midlands
Tracy Shepherd-Regan 07734565864 tracy@indulgencebeauty.me.uk
Northamptonshire Bedfordshire Coventry and Solihull Leicestershire Warwickshire Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire Derbyshire
Tracey Zanjani 07810817661 tazanjani@gmail.com London
Constance Campion 07921139009 c.campion@psauk.org
London
North East
Simone Sansom 07718215317 simmysansom@hotmail.com
Northumberland Newcastle Area Durham Cumbria Newcastle Area Teesside North Yorkshire ? South Yorkshire ? West Yorkshire?
Linda Mather (stepping down February 2014) 0191 4602761 lindamather123@hotmail.co.uk Luisa Scott luisascott@hotmail.com North West
Karen Burgess 07730632838 karenburgess2@hotmail.co.uk
Lancashire Greater Manchester Merseyside Cheshire High Peaks
Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
Aine Larkin 07801782509 aine.larkin@hotmail.co.uk
Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland
Scotland
Frances Turner Traill 07821689368 info@francesturnertraill.co.uk
Scotland
Southampton & Portsmouth
Lisa Niemier 07827963105 lisa@visjeune.com
Hampshire Dorset Southampton & Portsmouth
South West
Lesley Dean 07779459226 lesley@family-dean.co.uk
Bristol and Bath Gloucestershire Wiltshire South Somerset
Wales
Jane Laferla 07826546066 janelaferla@gmail.com
South Wales North Wales
West Midlands
Sharon King 07920853730 sharon@cosmedic-clinic.co.uk
Shropshire Staffordshire Hereford and Worcestershire Birmingham Black Country Coventry and Solihull
Yorkshire and Humberside
Alice Danker 07932156920 info@vanityharrogate.co.uk
North Yorkshire South Yorkshire West Yorkshire Humberside Leeds
Leaders are needed for the following Regions: East Anglia - Lou Sommereux to step down end of February South East - this region is usually broken down into Kent, Sussex, Surrey South West - Cornwall, Devon, Lower South Somerset (preferably split into regions) South Central - Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire Republic of Ireland - currently covered by Aine Larkin in Northern Ireland. If you are interested in becoming a Regional Group Leader please get in touch with Kris on admin@cosmeticnurses.org for more information.
Regional Events Southampton & Portsmouth - Inaugural Meeting: group discussion, setting dates etc. Date: 10 February 2014 Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: Mortimer Arms Address: Romsey Road, Ower, Hampshire, SO51 6AF York & Humberside Regional Meeting - Peer Group Discussion/Case Study Sharing Date: 25 February 2014 Time: 10am - 2pm Venue: The Academy Spa(Oakdale room) Address: Harrogate, HG1 2LA Wales Regional Meeting - includes BLS RefresherTraining Date: 03 March 2014 Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: The De Vere Village Hotel Address: 29 Pendwyalit Road, Coryton, Cardiff, CF14 7EF East Anglia Regional Meeting - Scar Management Date: 26 March 2014 Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: The Red Lion, Whittlesford Address: Station Road East, Whittlesford Bridge, Cambridge, CB224NL Scotland - Glasgow Regional Group - BLS Training Date: 27 March 2014 Time: 1pm - 5pm Venue: First Aid Scotland Training & Consultancy Address: The Pentagon Centre, Suite 109 36 Washington Street, Glasgow, G3 8AZ Wales Regional Meeting - Christmas get-together, details to follow Date: 01 December 2014 Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: De Vere Village Hotel & Leisure Club, Cardiff Address: 29 Pendwyallt Road, Coryton, Cardiff, CF14 7EF
Sponsored Regional Workshops The following workshops are currently being offered: Skin Rejuvenation and Scar Repair – Skin-needling treatments and new electrical medical devices Company: Aestheticare/Ferndale Pharmaceuticals Micro-medical skin-needling involves the production of thousands of controlled micro-medical skin-needle columns in the dermis, whilst leaving the epidermis intact. This stimulates a wound healing repair and regeneration mechanism that results in dermal regeneration, normalised collagen formation and increased angiogenesis. The effectiveness and excellent safety profile of the treatments have resulted in the technique rapidly becoming established in Europe and Asia as a front-line medical aesthetic treatment for acne scars, texture, tone, line, wrinkle and laxity improvement in ageing and photodamaged skin, and stretch marks. We will discuss the development of micro-medical skin-needling and its mechanism of action, and review micromedical skin-needling’s therapeutic role in the treatment of acne scars, ageing skin and stretch marks, including evidence-based protocols and outcomes. We will then review the latest developments in skin-needling, including the introduction of a new electronic microneedling system for skin rejuvenation and scar repair, and the increased level of intensity, control and comfort that it provides. Regenlite - Effective Acne, Skin Rejuvenation and Vascular treatments. Company: Chromogenix. Regenlite is a medical laser using SmartPulse ™ technology. Regenlite has been engineered to supply exactly the right amount of light energy to the vessels at exactly the right time, taking them to the brink of damage and maximising collagen stimulation without causing long-term impairment. The laser offers swift and effective treatments with no need for cooling or anaesthesia and little or no visible after-effects, allowing the patient to resume their normal routine quickly. The effectiveness of the Regenlite treatment has been evaluated using biochemical analysis, electron microscopy histology, ultrasound imaging and clinical studies and has been described in Lancet publications in TGFβ research papers. i-LipoXcell The Most Advanced Fat Reduction and Body Shaping System. Company: Chromogenex i-Lipoxcell incorporates four technologies for intelligent body fat analysis and measurement, dual wave length laser diode, IR Vacuum massage and Multi-polar Radio Frequency. i-Lipoxcell incorporates both visible red and Infra-red laser for bio-stimulation of metabolic pathways resulting in the release of fatty acids and glycerol, shrinking fat cells. Results are seen immediately. Treatment is safe and comfortable and can target specific stubborn pockets of fat as well as reshaping the body.
Sculptra Training - One day refresher course Company: SinclairPharma Sculptra Training courses available All proposed workshops would run 10am – 4pm with 45 mins for lunch. 1 day refresher training course – including new & updated techniques for Sculptra.
Sculptra Training - 2 Day beginners course – including theory & practical sessions for new users to Sculptra Company: SinclairPharma Sculptra Training courses available All the proposed workshops would run 10am – 4pm with 45 mins for lunch. 2 Day beginners course – including theory & practical sessions for new users to Sculptra
Master class seminars – including KOL meetings & discussion groups Company: SinclairPharma Sculptra Training courses available All the proposed workshops would run 10am – 4pm with 45 mins for lunch. Master class seminars – including KOL meetings & discussion groups Go to the Members Area of the website to register your interest – these workshops will only go ahead if enough members make it a viable meeting.
Classifieds UK Rep for Cosmetic Surgery Hospital An opportunity for suitable Aesthetic Nurses to add a high quality service to their portfolio. Cosmetic News is now Aesthetics journal Claim your free copy of the new Aesthetics journal Training and Clinical Services Manager (Field Based) Are you an RGN, multi-skilled in Non Surgical Treatments with 4+ years experience in the Cosmetic Surgery / Aesthetic industry? Have you got qualifications or experience in Health & Safety, Infection Control and Clinical Governance? Do you have extensive training experience? Then our client is interested in speaking with you. Experienced Aesthetic Doctor/Nurses Nationwide Forward thinking and commercially minded individuals wanted for a leading chain of aesthetic beauty clinics with a total of 26 clinics nationwide
Kind Regards,
Emma Davies BACN Chair