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OPINION - Impact of the Paterson Inquiry on the cosmetic and aesthetics sector
On 15 December 2022, The Department of Health and Social Care published the ‘Government response to the independent inquiry report into the issues raised by former surgeon Ian Paterson: 12-month implementation progress update’. The reference documents (which apply to England)...Wound moisture sensing in traumatic wounds
1 June 2015
| Steven LA Jeffery (Prof)
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PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Wounds can be small and unpleasant, or may be large and life-threatening. The skin is a physical and an immunological barrier to infection, and any defect in the integrity of the skin may allow bacterial or fungal invasion to occur....
Perceptions and Deceptions a personal blog by the editor 8 Apr 2016
8 April 2016
| Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)
I want to post a question on the FB Group supporting the Junior Doctors over their David and Goliath fight with a juggernaut of blind, self-deceiving or just ignorant, elected members of Parliament. I should say that I am not...
Perceptions and deceptions: a personal blog by the editor 21 July 2016
21 July 2016
| Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)
It must be bloggers block! The information incoming is just too great to handle. I have cross-posted about this blog in an editorial I have just written for our magazine. I am revisiting the inquest of a girl that died...
Perceptions and deceptions: a personal blog by the editor 21 November 2016
21 November 2016
| Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)
The new international word of the year for 2016 is ‘post-truth’. The term refers to the practice of appealing to emotion and personal beliefs rather than objective and verifiable truth when attempting to influence public opinion. Apparently, the usage of...
Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 2)
4 June 2021
| Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)
In Volume 1, Issue 1 of this journal I wrote an article entitled: ‘From PIP to DC-CIK to the Sorcerer’s Apprentice: a medico-political minefield’. Little did I know or anticipate what a mess this was going to become: a medico-legal mess with ignorant lawyers and arrogant doctors demonstrating how stupidity and rapacious hypocrisy can twist and distort reality for the purposes of extracting a bizarre social revenge with little sense of justice.
Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 12) – Risk
26 January 2022
| Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)
Risks are ubiquitous in medicine. It is very important to realise that a risk can be both a threat and a friend. Risks relate to probabilities. The probability or possibility that the outcome may not be as desired. The Law does have a perverse view on this. The Law likes, demands, seeks cause and consequence. An honest doctor can rarely satisfy the Law. And that is why it was such a bad thing to see this poor Judge being led by the nose by two unscrupulous Medical “Experts”!
IMCAS 2023
1 February 2023
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Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
Ethics in Aesthetic Medicine: presented the Consensus Paper of the major international experts
The mission to provide equal access for the treatment of port wine stain birthmarks
3 October 2022
| Linda Rozell-Shannon
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PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
The Vascular Birthmarks Foundation (VBF) is the leading charity in the world for networking individuals with vascular birthmarks, anomalies, and related syndromes (VBARS) into proper medical treatment. The VBF currently monitors over 80,000 individuals / families, worldwide, who are affected...
BCAM Annual Clinical Review 2021
1 December 2021
| Aggie Zatonska
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PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
The British College of Aesthetic Medicine (BCAM) is the only UK body representing aesthetic doctors and dentists that conducts an annual survey of its members’ clinical data, collating information about treatments, complications and trends. The Annual Clinical Review has been...
Canniesburn: 50 years at the forefront of plastic surgery
9 October 2017
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PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Past and present colleagues and friends recently celebrated 50 years of the Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit, with scientific meetings held at The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow. Friendships were renewed and memories of being part of the...
A Reaction to the ‘Keogh Report’
1 October 2013
| Judy Evans
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PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
In April 2013, the British Government’s report on regulation and safety issues in the cosmetic surgery sector was produced, authored by NHS Medical Director Prof Sir Bruce Keogh. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the British Association of...
