Everything a journalist needs, in one page.

“Unmist is an independent UK consumer-information platform that organises source-linked public information on private aesthetic clinics — built to help patients make informed decisions in a market with no single regulator.”

Drop that paragraph straight into your piece. It’s the line we use ourselves. Trading name: Unmist. Company details and correspondence address are published in the Privacy notice.

The points below summarise primary public sources checked in October 2026. Journalists should verify the current source text and use the linked source rather than treating this page as legal advice.

• “England does not yet have one national practitioner-licensing scheme covering the whole non-surgical cosmetic sector. Existing prescription, age, professional, CQC and local-authority rules still apply where relevant.”

  Source: Department of Health and Social Care, Licensing of non-surgical cosmetic procedures.

• “In August 2025 the government said the highest-risk procedures (such as liquid Brazilian butt lifts) will become CQC-regulated activities that only specified regulated healthcare professionals can perform, with local-authority licensing for lower-risk procedures. As of October 2026 the regulations have not been laid before Parliament.”

  Source: Department of Health and Social Care, consultation response (August 2025).

• “Section 180 of the Health and Care Act 2022 provides a power to establish a licensing scheme for specified cosmetic procedures in England; the detailed scheme depends on further regulations.”

  Source: Health and Care Act 2022, section 180.

• “It is an offence in England to administer botulinum toxin, or a cosmetic filler by injection, for cosmetic purposes to a person under 18, subject to the statutory medical exception.”

  Source: Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021 and Department of Health and Social Care guidance.

• “Botulinum toxin is a Prescription-Only Medicine. GMC guidance says doctors must physically examine patients before prescribing injectable cosmetic medicines.”

  Source: General Medical Council, Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices.

“It’s not enough to tell patients to ‘check your clinic’ when there’s no single register to check. The information exists — it just sits scattered across half a dozen UK registers and websites that most patients never see. We built Unmist to bring it together in one place, for free.”

— Unmist. Available for further comment via hello@unmist.co.uk.

If you want background on the regulatory picture, the long read is at Why Unmist exists. It’s the same source pack we’d send a journalist on a follow-up — Keogh Review, Health and Care Act, DHSC consultations, JCCP register, Nuffield Council on Bioethics. All linked to primary sources.

Patient-facing guides (checking CQC registration and who will treat you, and what to ask before filler, anti-wrinkle injections, cosmetic surgery, dental work, dermatology or a hair transplant) live in the Unmist journal.

The Unmist wordmark + circle-and-dot mark is shown throughout the site. For high-resolution PNG / SVG copies, or for a clean product screenshot of a clinic factsheet, email hello@unmist.co.uk with the publication name and we’ll aim to send a zip back the same working day. There is no automated download yet — easier to catch the wrong-version problem this way.

One direct line for press inquiries: hello@unmist.co.uk. We aim to respond the same working day to journalists on a deadline, but cannot guarantee availability. Happy to be on background, on the record, or to point you at the right primary source if Unmist isn’t the right voice for the angle.