PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(15 June 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Westminster Hall debate led by the hon. Member for Bromsgrove on 11 September 2025, what progress has been made on the introduction regulations for non-surgical cosmetic and aesthetic treatments.

Asked by:
Bradley Thomas (Conservative)

In August 2025 the Government announced its plans to introduce legal restrictions which will ensure that the highest risk cosmetic procedures are brought into Care Quality Commission regulation and can only be performed by specified regulated healthcare professionals. In addition, the Government also committed to legislating to introduce a licensing scheme in England for lower risk procedures through powers granted through the Health and Care Act 2022. Under this scheme, which will be operated by local authorities, practitioners will be required to obtain a licence to perform specified cosmetic procedures, and the premises from which they operate will also need to be licensed.

The Government has prioritised work on restrictions on the performance of the highest risk procedures and has been working with a group of expert stakeholders in recent months to develop detailed proposals on which procedures should be subject to the restrictions, and which regulated healthcare professionals should be permitted to perform them. We are preparing a consultation on the draft legislation which would bring these proposals into effect.

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