Save Face successfully renews PSA accreditation
Save Face has successfully renewed its accreditation with The Professional Standards Authority. In 2016, Save Face became the first voluntary register of non-surgical cosmetic practitioners to become accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Christine Braithwaite, Director of Standards & Policy at The Professional Standards Authority commented, “We are pleased that Save Face continues to meet our demanding standards and has successfully passed its annual reassessment. We commended its work to raise awareness of the need to check that cosmetic practitioners are on an accredited register.
Our primary objective has always been to deliver a register that provides unequivocal assurances that mitigate the fundamental risks the public face when selecting a practitioner via traditional means, which meant a rigorous, evidence based verification process. External verification plays a pivotal role in all unregulated sectors and in this one more than most. As our investigations continue to demonstrate, personal assurances cannot always be trusted or relied upon. As a body that accredits practitioners we felt it incumbent upon us to be assessed and verified against a stringent set of standards and we did so by becoming a PSA Accredited register.”
Save Face Clinical Director, Emma Davies said, “I am grateful to all those professionals who have chosen to be part of the Save Face register, without that support we wouldn’t have been in a position to achieve all we have done, in such a short period of time. The PSA commendation is well deserved and key, as more than any other measure, influencing patient decisions and choices has the best chance of changing this landscape for the better.
"Since our inception in 2014 we have demonstrated that we are a register that successfully connects and engages with the public. In just four short years we have reached millions of people with our public awareness campaigns. We have collaborated with the most prestigious TV and media outlets highlighting risks and promoting safe choices. We have championed our practitioners and given healthcare professionals who practice aesthetic medicine a voice and a platform to differentiate themselves from the unscrupulous and unaccountable.”
