Doctors face stricter Botox laws from the new GMC Guidelines.

Aug. 3, 2012 - PRLog -- Three things you need to know about the new GMC prescribing guidelines

The General Media Council (GMC) have recently made changes to the guidelines on how medical professionals can practice and prescribe Botox.

Botox is the common brand name used for Botulinum Toxin Type A: a medicine used to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and can also be used to treat certain medical impairments such as excessive sweating and even motor neuron syndrome.

As of this month, the GMC have moved their guidelines to mirror the other professional medical bodies such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the General Dental Council (GDC).

The new rules simply state that all patients wishing to undergo a treatment for Botox have to be assessed in a face-to-face consultation by a registered doctor, dentist or nurse prescriber.

The new standards have been implanted just days after a BBC documentary, exposed Dr Harrison after he was secretly filmed admitting to the remote prescribing of Botox. As a result of this, Dr Harrison is awaiting the news as to whether he will face a fitness to practice panel and remains unable to practice as a doctor for up to 18 months in the meantime.

Gareth Williams from Cosmetica Training, a leading provider in UK Botox Trainings for medical professionals, commented He commented, “Here at Cosmetica Training we only promote the highest possible ethical and professional standards.  We welcome guidance from any authority that supports this”.

As a result of this the Cosmetica Training team have created a specialist Q&A section for medical professionals who have any concerns about their rights to administer Botox.
What does this mean for nurses who are not prescribers?

There is absolutely no difference to nurses. This is because the NMC have stated nurses can only administer Botox once a face-to-face consultation has taken place with the prescriber

I don’t have a prescriber who can undertake face-to-face consultations. Can I still administer Botox?

Yes you can: Cosmetica Training offers face-to-face consultations for nurses. We have a database of prescribers throughout the UK and we continue to recruit new prescribers each month.

I am due to take a training course. Will I be able to administer Botox after training?
Yes you will. We will provide detailed advice during the courses including an analysis of different scenarios that you may encounter and how they can be integrated into your practice in compliance with professional guidelines. Please rest assured that you will be able to administer Botox following successful completion of your course and this will pose no difficulty for you.

For more information on the GMC guideline updates visit: http://www.cosmeticatraining.co.uk/