Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 26
26
Rejected
Mandate display of kitemark and warning logo on all non-surgical cosmetic procedure advertisements.
Recommendation
We recommend that the new licensing regime should include the requirement to display a kitemark and a warning logo on any advertisement for treatments that fall within the regime’s scope. (Paragraph 129) 38 The impact of body image on mental and physical health
Government response summary AI-generated
The government implicitly rejects the recommendation for a kitemark and warning logo, citing existing robust regulations for cosmetic surgery advertisements (e.g., ban on targeting under-18s) and explaining that a BSI Kitemark is not a prescribed requirement for medical devices, which follow CE or UKCA marking.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
The government wants to ensure that the public can trust any medicine or device used during a non-surgical cosmetic procedure. We also want to ensure that any practitioner or organisation offering non-surgical cosmetic procedures markets their services and products responsibly.
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