UK source hierarchy
We prioritise UK institutional and peer-reviewed sources for every claim:
- NHS.uk · NICE · GMC · CQC — regulatory and public-health authorities.
- BAAPS · BAPRAS · RCS England — UK surgical associations.
- PubMed / NCBI Bookshelf — peer-reviewed literature.
- Government publications (GOV.UK, MHRA).
We do not use US clinics or commercial editorial competitors (Mayo, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, WebMD, Healthline, RealSelf) as primary references. US institutions such as ASPS and ABPS are used only where clearly labelled as international comparison — not as UK guidance.
No named clinical reviewer
These pages are written and updated by the editorial team from the sources above. They are not medically reviewed by a named GMC-registered clinician, and the site does not list a review panel.
Update cadence
- Cost pages: reviewed and dated at least once a year.
- NHS / ICB pages: updated when national or MHRA/NHS guidance changes.
- Safety (BII, BIA-ALCL): updated when MHRA or specialty-body guidance changes.
- All pages: reviewed on a rolling schedule, with the Last reviewed date shown on the article.
Corrections policy
Factual errors are corrected within 5 working days of a substantiated report. Significant corrections that would change a reader's decision include a dated note at the top of the affected page describing what changed and when. Non-substantive changes (typography, style) don't get notes.
What we don't do
- Rank clinics or individual surgeons.
- Publish celebrity speculation or "guess-the-surgery" content.
- Run before/after galleries or fabricated patient photographs.
- Guarantee NHS or insurance outcomes.
- Give legal or financial advice.
- Link to any other cosmetic-surgery property.
Editorial contact
info@bestplasticsurgery.co.uk · contact form.