Updated 21 August 2019
Cosmedics Clinics Harley Street provides private medical, cosmetic and beauty therapy services under the trading name Cosmedics skin clinics located at 41 Harley Street, London, W1G 8QH. The service is registered with the CQC to provide the regulated activities of Treatment of disease disorder and injury and surgical procedures in respect of the varicose vein treatment service provided. Other services offered but not regulated by the CQC include beauty therapy services, injected skin fillers, mole, wart and skin tag removal, and laser treatments such as hair removal.
The service is located on the first floor in a managed building business. Their reception is on the first floor which is accessible via stairs or a lift. There is a small waiting area and two large consulting rooms.
Services are available to any fee-paying patient on a pay per use basis. Services are available by appointment only between 9am and 5.30pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 2pm on Saturdays. Where requested, appointments are offered at the providers other location un Putney South West London.
Their website address is: https://www.cosmedics.co.uk
The service is registered with CQC to undertake the following regulated activities:
•Treatment of Disease, Disorder or Injury
•Diagnostic and Screening Services
•Surgical procedures.
We carried out this comprehensive inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the service was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
As part of the preparation for the inspection we also reviewed information provided to us by the provider.
During the inspection we utilised a number of methods to support our judgement of the services provided. For example, we asked people using the service to record their views on comment cards, interviewed staff, observed staff interaction with patients and reviewed documents relating to the service.
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.