Cosmetic surgery news

We have implemented a series of reforms that aim to improve practice, lift standards and promote informed, safe consumer choice in the cosmetic surgery and non-surgical cosmetic procedures sectors.

This work includes implementation of all 16 recommendations of the Independent review of the regulation of medical practitioners who perform cosmetic surgery.

On this page we will be providing regular updates on our work to make cosmetic surgery and non-surgical cosmetic procedures safer.

Timeline

2025

• 2 September 2025: Putting patients first: New guidelines for cosmetic procedures
• 3 June 2025: Booming billion-dollar cosmetic industry on notice with new cosmetic procedures guidelines

2024

• 3 June 2024: Communique - Cosmetic Surgery Oversight Group (220 KB,PDF)
• 21 March 2024: Communique - Cosmetic Surgery Oversight Group (200 KB,PDF)

2023

• 7 December: Communique - Cosmetic Surgery Oversight Group (115 KB,PDF)
• 27 November: Have your say on draft guidelines for practitioners who perform and who advertise non-surgical cosmetic procedures
• 5 September: Cosmetic procedures in the spotlight one year on from surgery review
• 25 August: Communique - Cosmetic Surgery Oversight Group (115 KB,PDF)
• 3 July: Doctors on notice as cosmetic surgery practice and advertising changes come into effect
• 15 June: Communique - Cosmetic Surgery Oversight Group (123 KB,PDF)
• 19 April: Cosmetic surgery reforms on track
• 2 April: Patients better protected under new cosmetic surgery reforms
• 15 February: Cosmetic surgery oversight group kicks off as MBA progresses reforms

2022

• 7 December: Making cosmetic surgery safer
• 14 November: Have your say: Consulting on the foundations of safer cosmetic surgery
• 8 November: Update on our cosmetic surgery work
  • Background on our implementation work  (230 KB,PDF), Word version  (117 KB,DOCX)
• 13 October: Letter from MBA Chair to all medical practitioners (160 KB,DOCX)