YAC Leeds Ltd

Updated 14 April 2023

YAC Leeds Ltd. operates from:

Bellisima Exclusive

12 Otley Road

Guiseley

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS20 8AH

YAC Leeds Ltd. (also known as Yorkshire Aesthetics) operates as an independent nurse-led service which specialises in medical and non-medical aesthetic treatments. The service operates under the brand name Bellissima Exclusive. YAC Leeds Ltd. Shares the building it operates from with a separate service operated by Bellissima Exclusive. This service consists of a beauty salon offering a range of skin and beauty therapies which did not form part of the inspection.

The service is located on the ground floor within a commercial unit, and is contained within a recent extension which was furnished in July 2021. The service consists of 1 treatment room, and a waiting room and toilet which are shared with patients using other Bellisima services. Patients with mobility issues are able to enter through the side door.

YAC Leeds Ltd. registered with CQC on 17 December 2021. The service provides a range of non-surgical cosmetic interventions, for example non-surgical rhinoplasty, dermal fillers and intralipotherapy (fat dissolving injections) which are not within CQC scope of registration. Therefore, we did not inspect or report on these services. The services provided which require CQC registration included the use of botulinum toxin to medically treat migraine and hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating). In addition, the service had examined delivering thread lifts (non-surgical face/neck lifts), but at the time of inspection this had only been carried out on case study models and was not being delivered to patients.

Services are available to adults aged 18 years and over.

The service is registered with the CQC under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 to provide the following regulated activities:

• Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

• Surgical procedures

The service is staffed by an aesthetic nurse practitioner who is also an independent nurse prescriber. Other Bellisima staff provide administration support, including reception cover and booking patients in for treatment.

The service usually operates on Mondays between 10.30am-9pm, and on one Saturday per month between 9am-5pm, however occasionally appointments are offered on alternative days.

Consultations are carried out face to face.

How we inspected this service:

We carried out this inspection on 20 March 2023. Before visiting the location, we looked at a range of information that we hold about the service and conducted an interview with the Registered Manager/Director. We reviewed information submitted by the service in response to our provider information request. During our visit, we spoke with the Registered Manager/Director, reviewed documents and clinical records, and made observations relating to the service and the location it was delivered from.

To get to the heart of patients’ experiences of care and treatment, we always ask the following five questions:

• Is it safe?

• Is it effective?

• Is it caring?

• Is it responsive to people’s needs?

• Is it well-led?

These questions therefore formed the framework for the areas we looked at during the inspection.

Updated 14 April 2023

This service is rated as Good overall.

The key questions are rated as:

Are services safe? – Good

Are services effective? – Good

Are services caring? – Good

Are services responsive? – Good

Are services well-led? – Good

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at YAC Leeds Ltd. (also known as Yorkshire Aesthetics) on 20 March 2023. This was the first inspection of this service undertaken by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. The inspection was planned to check whether the service was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Act.

YAC Leeds Ltd. is situated in the Guiseley area of Leeds, West Yorkshire. It operates as an independent nurse-led service which specialises in medical and non-medical aesthetic treatments. The service operates under the brand name Bellissima Exclusive. YAC Leeds Ltd. shares the building it operates from with a separate service operated by Bellissima Exclusive. This service consists of a beauty salon offering a range of skin and beauty therapies which did not form part of the inspection.

The service is registered with CQC under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 in respect of some, but not all, of the services it provides. There are some exemptions from regulation by CQC which relate to particular types of regulated activities and services and these are set out in Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. YAC Leeds Ltd. provides a range of non-surgical cosmetic interventions, for example non-surgical rhinoplasty, dermal fillers and intralipotherapy (fat dissolving injections) which are not within CQC scope of registration. Therefore, we did not inspect or report on these services. The services provided which require CQC registration included the use of botulinum toxin to medically treat migraine and hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating). In addition, the service had examined delivering thread lifts (non-surgical face/neck lifts), but at the time of inspection this had only been carried out on case study models, and was not being delivered to patients.

The service does not treat people under the age of 18 years for the services which are regulated.

The nurse practitioner and director of YAC Leeds Ltd. is the registered manager, and the only member of staff. A registered manager is a person who is registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

Our key findings were:

• The service provided care in a way that kept patients safe and protected them from avoidable harm.
• The premises was well maintained, clean and tidy and there was an effective system in place to manage infection prevention and control (IPC).
• The nurse had the relevant skills, knowledge and experience to deliver the care and treatment offered by the service.
• Patients received effective care and treatment that met their needs.
• The nurse dealt with patients with kindness and respect and involved them in decisions about their care.
• The service routinely sought feedback from patients. Feedback for the service was very positive.

The areas where the provider should make improvements are:

• Develop and implement a formal clinical audit programme.
• Improve record keeping to capture all patient observations and discussions.

Dr Sean O’Kelly BSc MB ChB MSc DCH FRCA

Chief Inspector of Hospitals and Interim Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services