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Building sustainable global partnerships – the BFIRST perspective on future-proofing global plastic surgery
The British Foundation for International Surgery and Training (BFIRST) marks their 10-year anniversary this year as an organisation. As the international outreach arm of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), BFIRST focuses on supporting surgeons in...Raising the bar for safer cosmetic surgery in the UK – part 1
In part one of a two-series article Professor James Frame, from the Anglia Ruskin University, gives us his opinion on what needs to be done to improve cosmetic surgery and patient safety in the UK. Cosmetic surgery is most easily...Focus: Opinions on regulation
Dalvi Humzah Regulation in the aesthetics industry In this issue we have invited commentaries on regulation within aesthetics, in particular the voluntary register set up by the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP). Many medical practitioners are concerned regarding the...Skin cancer AI approved by NHS as millions skip sun cream, new data shows
New reports reveal that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has approved a new AI technology for the NHS to help reduce waiting times for skin cancer diagnoses after it was found that Britons are actively letting themselves burn...Interview with Cambodia’s first Plastic Surgeon: Professor Theavy Mok
Allow me to recount the extraordinary journey of Professor Theavy Mok, a pioneering force in the field of medicine. Dr Mok, a man of great distinction, was the first plastic surgeon to emerge from the rich soils of Cambodia. His...Medico-legal Forum (Botulinum/Laser)
The PMFA Journal and Hamilton Fraser Cosmetic Insurance have teamed up to provide a series of articles that will give examples of claims that occur from different procedures. In our February/March issue we featured a case that involved complications following...A comparison of academic output of Welsh burns and plastic surgery trainees pre- and mid-COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the work of doctors worldwide, with surgical resources being diverted and non-emergency surgeries postponed. With surgical activity at 33.6% of expected levels in 2020, this sudden, vast decrease in surgical activity may have granted some...
Drinks in Newcastle, Australia
This paper assesses patients presenting with oral and maxillofacial trauma over a 13-year period spanning January 2003 to December 2015. During this period of time, in March 2008, trading hours and conditions of service were restricted within the Newcastle central...
