BCAM to provide data to support injectables ban for under 18s
The British College of Aesthetic Medicine (BCAM) has agreed to extend its national audit data collection to cover treatments on those under the age of 18 in order to support information gathering for the Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Private Member’s Bill.
The Bill would make it an offence to administer botulinum toxin or dermal fillers to people under 18 unless there is an assessed medical need by a statutorily regulated healthcare professional.
BCAM president Dr Uliana Gout said: “BCAM fully endorses the Private Member’s Bill and increased regulation in our specialty. BCAM has a good professional relationship with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and just this week have agreed to extend our national audit data collection of aesthetic medicine to cover under 18-year-old patient treatments. This will support the information gathering efforts to generate national statistics in this critical area.”
The second stage reading of the bill is scheduled to take place in Parliament today (Friday, 16 December).