Southmead Hospital opens elective surgery centre to ease backlog The facility will help to clear the elective surgery backlog that built up during the Covid pandemic.

A new surgical centre, built to reduce the planned surgery backlog that built up during the pandemic, has now officially opened www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #UKsurgeons #waitinglists

Great event with great people

Our President @markhenley.bsky.social meeting the cream of the plastic surgery world at BAAPS 2025

Please the latest @uksurgeons.bsky.social blog on the NHS 10-year plan

Had a great time at the BAAPS 2025 event in London last week! Great to talk all things @uksurgeons and catch up with some top people!

90 Day Fiance star Larissa Lima reversing $100,000 of plastic surgery A surgery-addicted reality star has embarked on a journey to reverse some of her procedures after spending over $100,000 to completely transform her appearance.

Reality TV star begins reversing her cosmetic surgery after spending over $100,000 to transform her appearance www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic... #cosmeticsurgery

Criminal investigations launched as part of crackdown on unlicensed Botox Criminal investigations have been launched as part of a crackdown on unlicensed Botox products, after untrained sellers were found offering…

Criminal investigations have been launched by @mhra as part of a crackdown on unlicensed Botox products, the medicines regulator said after it found untrained sellers offering treatments in bedrooms and kitchens www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2550604... #botox #cosmeticprocedures

Day Case Emergency General Surgery - BADS conference A Joint British Association of Day Surgery & HCUK Virtual Conference on Day Case Emergency General Surgery

Get 20% off the Day Case Emergency General Surgery - BADS Conference with CBS!

Thursday 4 December 2025

A joint British Association of Day Surgery & HCUK Virtual Conference

Click to book here and use the code hcuk20CBS www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-onli... or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk

Patients having planned surgery at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) will soon benefit from a new programme designed to speed up recovery, reduce complications and help them get home sooner www.uhnm.nhs.uk/latest-uhnm-... #UKsurgeons

Please read the @uksurgeons.bsky.social statement on James Gilbert

CBS STATEMENT ON JAMES GILBERT

Oxford surgeon James Gilbert is eligible to return to work this month after serving only a one-year suspension for sexually harassing female colleagues over a period of 13 years.

His case echoes concerning findings.

Our statement www.cbsgb.co.uk/news/128/cbs...

Girl, 14, dies 'after breast enlargement surgery' as dad demands investigation Paloma Nicole Arellano Escobedo, 14, died after having an allegedly unauthorised breast enlargement operation in Mexico with her dad demanding a police investigation

Shocking story of 14-year-old girl who tragically died after allegedly undergoing an unauthorised breast enlargement operation www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n... #cosmeticsurgery

The partner of the first person in the UK to die from a filler Brazilian Butt Lift believes she would still be alive if the government had acted sooner.

Alice Webb died in September 2024 after having a non-surgical BBL.

www.itv.com/news/2025-08... #BBL #cosmeticsurgery

Young mum dies having BBL for her 28th birthday to 'fulfil a dream' Marilha Menezes Antunes, 28, went under the knife at a clinic in Brazil just a week after her birthday - but died from hypovolemic shock, internal bleeding and perforating blunt-force trauma

A young mother who gifted herself a BBL surgery for her birthday has tragically died just weeks after her procedure www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n... #BBL #cosmeticsurgery

NHS robot surgery revolution 'will help cut waiting times' EXCLUSIVE: The Express watched a lung cancer operation performed with a robotic system that can reduce pain and complications for patients.

NHS national medical director Professor Meghana Pandit has said robotic surgery is “quickly becoming the norm” and will help build a health service “fit for the future” www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2099... #roboticsurgery #UKsurgeons #waitingtimes

Excellent new blog from CBS

The UK Cabinet reshuffle has seen Glasgow South West MP and transplant and vascular surgeon Dr Zubir Ahmed added to the DHSC health ministerial team www.healthbusinessuk.net/news/0809202... #UKsurgeons

A young mother who gifted herself a BBL surgery for her birthday has tragically died just weeks after her procedure www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n... #BBL #cosmeticsurgery

NHS urges people to avoid ‘extremely painful’ leg-lengthening surgery Patients who opt for surgery, which is storyline in Materialists film, warned they risk infection, nerve damage and disability

The NHS has urged people to avoid ‘extremely painful’ leg-lengthening surgery warning of the risk of infection, nerve damage and disability www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #leglengthening #cosmeticsurgery

Three-quarters of GPs report seeing patients with surgical-tourism complications Two-in-five (43%) had helped at least one patient, with a further 28% seeing between two and nine patients, according to a poll of more than 1,000 GPs.

Three-quarters of GPs have reported caring for patients who needed additional support after medical tourism in the last year www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news...
#medicaltourism

Teen who had surgery to grow 13 inches reveals what she looks like now The 31-year-old from Maryland was born with achondroplasia, a genetic condition that most commonly results in short stature.

Teen who had controversial surgery to grow 13 inches reveals what she looks like now www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic... #cosmeticsurgery #leglengthening

Sellers of fake Botox jabs could be jailed for two years, says watchdog MHRA is cracking down on unlicensed anti-wrinkle products after spate of botulism cases in England

Sellers of fake Botox jabs could be jailed for up to two years, the UK’s medicine watchdog has warned www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... #cosmeticprocedures #botox

Great article on gender discrimination in UK surgery

A woman who lost more than 38 stone is now fundraising for loose skin removal surgeries www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h... #cosmeticsurgery

A minimum age of 18 could be set for people seeking treatments such as cosmetic fillers on the Isle of Man under new proposals www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of... #cosmeticprocedures

Welcome news!

UK's first machine-assisted cochlear implant surgery Consultant otolaryngologist and surgeon Emma Stapleton used OTODRIVE and OTOARM, developed collaboratively by hearing implant leader MED-EL and medical engineering...

A surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary has successfully performed the UK’s first machine-assisted cochlear implant surgery www.healthcare-management.uk/uk-machine-a... #roboticsurgery #UKsurgeons

Excellent new blog from CBS

For doctors, the current career landscape is dire as they’re unable to progress in their careers and an influx of medical students has led to a bottleneck within the system, and an epidemic of unemployed doctors.

Read the latest CBS blog by Anna Pogodina
www.cbsgb.co.uk/news/125/whe...
#UKsurgeons

Disappointing story