Sir Bruce Keogh: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- former chief medical officer of the NHS in England
- Quoted on
- Cosmetic procedures & aesthetics
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
“has joined with leading surgical and medical organisations to warn that patients continue to face unnecessary risk”
What Sir Bruce Keogh has said
“Chaired the 2013 Review of the Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions that first called for reform”
former national medical director for NHS England · Cosmetic procedures & aesthetics · 30 Sept 2026 · Surgeons Warn of 'Regulatory Gap' in Cosmetic Surgery ↗
“someone undergoing a non-surgical cosmetic intervention had little more protection than someone buying a toothbrush”
then-national medical director of NHS England · Cosmetic procedures & aesthetics · 29 Sept 2026 · Comment: England cannot afford further delay on cosmetic reform ↗
“Thirteen years after the Independent Review of the Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions in 2013, complex cosmetic surgery performed by under-qualified practitioners remains an avoidable risk to the public that could be reduced by tighter regulation that recognises the risk of some cosmetic procedures.”
former chief medical officer of the NHS in England · Cosmetic procedures & aesthetics · 29 Sept 2026 · 'Serious injuries and avoidable deaths' resulting from lax laws around cosmetic surgery, doctors warn ↗
Where Sir Bruce Keogh has been quoted
- Cosmetic surgery patients remain at risk 13 years after review, leading surgeons warndoctors.net.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Surgeons Warn of 'Regulatory Gap' in Cosmetic Surgerymedscape.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Comment: England cannot afford further delay on cosmetic reformhealthcaretoday.com · 29 Sept 2026
- 'Serious injuries and avoidable deaths' resulting from lax laws around cosmetic surgery, doctors warnnews.sky.com · 29 Sept 2026
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