British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons welcomes new president Fazel Fatah Assumes Leadership Role
London - 23 September, 2010 - The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk), the not-for-profit organisation established for the advancement of education and practice of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery for public benefit, today announced the appointment of Birmingham-based consultant plastic surgeon Fazel Fatah to the role of President.
The Royal College of Surgeons is to establish a group to bring together all those involved in setting standards for cosmetic surgery following a new report by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death [NCEPOD].
The sobering study, entitled On the face of it, reviewed the organisational structures of cosmetic surgery providers and found that many were failing patients. Of particular concern to the College was evidence of ‘occasional surgery’ with operations being spread over too many units with some surgeons not doing enough to maintain skills. The findings that some units lacked equipment and were not undertaking full psychological assessment of patients are also of grave concern.
Hospital costs incurred while travelling in the EU will only be refunded if the patient would have had the same treatment free of charge in his country of residence, European judges have ruled.
The case followed a complaint by a French national resident in Spain and insured with the Spanish social security system.
While on a trip to France, Mr Chollet underwent unscheduled hospital treatment and was charged a proportion of the costs, as per French healthcare legislation.
The Crown Prosecution Service is reported to be studying the possible implications of a decision by an Old Bailey judge that there was too much doubt over conflicting medical evidence in a case in which a mother twice stood trial accused of shaking her eight-month-old son to death.
Describing her as a "caring, dutiful wife and loving mother", Judge Timothy Pontius ordered jurors to acquit twenty-seven year old Fatima Miah of manslaughter.
Mr Justice Pontius said: "It is my firm view that, unusually, there is no evidence upon which this jury could find, to the extent they feel sure, that the expert opinion supporting the prosecution allegation of non-accidental death is to be preferred."
A doctor, who worked as a forensic medical examiner with Devon and Cornwall Police, has won the first-ever postal selection process to choose a Parliamentary candidate.
