Require cosmetic surgeons to hold a GMC-approved specialist qualification

Require clinicians carrying out cosmetic procedures to hold a GMC-approved specialist qualification for surgical intervention for the area of the anatomy that they are treating. A new law should ensure that any clinician carrying out surgery should have a GMC-recognised specialist qualification.

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk

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Background

This legislation should acknowledge cosmetic surgery as a specialist branch of surgery and be a legally protected title, by creating a specialist pathway for cosmetic surgery with training /FRCS qualification status, and a transparent route to transfer skills from other branches of medical training. This could keep public safe & prevent cosmetic cowboy clinics from recruiting potentially lower grade doctors and prevent doctors with no surgical speciality from causing catastrophic injury to patients.