Verivius for Private Clinics

Private Clinics in England are inspected under the same five CQC key questions (Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, Well-led) as the rest of the regulated sector. The evidence weighting is different. Consent quality for elective procedures, cosmetic outcome documentation, before-and-after photo handling under UK GDPR, patient selection for cosmetic suitability, and the written cooling-off process all carry more weight than they would in an acute setting.

Private Clinics also sit under layered non-CQC regulation. GMC for consultants in private practice. JCCP and Save Face as voluntary registers that insurers and patients use as quality signals. The Cosmetic Practice Standards Authority for non-surgical cosmetic procedures. The Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021 for under-18 prohibitions. The forthcoming cosmetic procedures licensing regime under the Health and Care Act 2022. Verivius records the governance trail cleanly so each layer can see what it needs to see in one place.

The sector setup is the Private-Clinic-specific content that comes pre-loaded into your account on top of the core Verivius platform. It includes:

• Outpatient and minor-surgical incident categories: local anaesthetic toxicity, wound dehiscence, surgical site infection, unplanned transfer for complication, inadequate haemostasis, consent-form gaps.
• Cosmetic-specific incident categories: filler vascular occlusion, botulinum toxin adverse effect, laser or IPL burn, dermal thread complication, hair transplant poor graft survival, cosmetic outcome significantly below expectation.
• Cosmetic-outcome-heavy complaint categories: outcome dissatisfaction, inadequate consent or cooling-off, pressure to purchase or up-sell, before-and-after photo handling, pricing transparency.
• Safeguarding categories adapted for the sector: suspected body dysmorphic disorder identified at consultation, under-18 cosmetic procedure prohibition, suspected coercion by partner or family.
• Assurance calendar items: weekly resuscitation check, monthly emergency drug expiry check, monthly local anaesthetic stock audit, quarterly procedure outcome audit, quarterly cosmetic consent audit, annual before-and-after photo GDPR review, annual GMC appraisal tracking, quarterly WHO surgical safety checklist audit.
• Training matrix templates for Private Clinic roles (consultant in private practice, aesthetic practitioner, hair transplant surgeon, clinic nurse, clinic receptionist), with the GMC CPD evidence the appraisal cycle requires.
• Sample policies: cosmetic procedure consent and cooling-off, patient selection and mental health screening, before-and- after photography under UK GDPR, medical emergency in outpatient setting, cosmetic-outcome-heavy complaints handling.
• Mock Inspection methodology adapted for Private Clinic evidence categories.

The Private Clinic sector setup is live in Verivius v1. The taxonomy (clinical complications, equipment and medication safety, consent, complaints, safeguarding including BDD screening, under-18 attempted procurement of botulinum or filler per the 2021 Act), frameworks (Duty of Candour, MHRA Yellow Card, CQC Reg 18 notifications, GMC professional-regulator referrals, local-authority safeguarding) and assurance calendar (anaphylaxis kit, consent-audit, BDD-screen compliance, statutory-notification log) are populated and verified against primary regulatory sources. You can sign up directly and have the Private Clinic content loaded into your account from day one.

If you run a Private Clinic and want to take a look before signing up, get in touch using the form below.