Marion Brown Aesthetics - Good Practice Clinic

It has come to the attention of the general public that an organisation called the IHAS - Register of Injectable Cosmetic Providers, has launched a Quality Assurance Mark to protect the public from bad practice.

I would like to assure my clients and the general public, that there has never been a court case for mal practice in this country by a nurse, since Botulinum Toxin Type A (Botox) became available for cosmetic use. Nurses are heavily proceedurised, therefore majority of nurses carry out their duties thoroughly, efficiently and safely as to safe guard their registration and indeed uphold the ethos in which they were trained, providing an ethical approach to their care.

Unfortunately, through lack of regulation, dermal fillers were administered by non medical practitioners and problems were reported. Therefore, I am understood that the purpose of the IHAS is to educate the consumer on appropriate medical practice and to steer them away from such practitioners who are unauthorised to inject.

The Quality Assurance Mark is still very new having been launched in September 2010, so like myself, there are many practitioners who are awaiting inspection of their clinics and so until they get the 'good practice badge' they can only assure their new clients that they hold the care and safety of their clients as their highest priority.

Most Aesthetic Nurse Consultants will have undertaken the Independent Nurse Prescribing course, which has been encouraged by the BACN (Bristish Association of Cosmetic Nurses). The MHRA does not consider 'Remote Assessment' ilegal practice, however the NMC and GMC would like to see this used as it was implemented, for 'occasional use only'. I believe the NMC do not wish it to be associated with cosmetic injections, but have not stated why.

So as the industry grows, the consumer makes a more informed choice and in turn, will be safe in the knowledge that they are in good hands.

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