AMA Submission to Draft National Safety and Quality Standards
The AMA supports the development of the draft National Safety and Quality Cosmetic Surgery Standards as part of a broader suite of reforms that are being introduced to address concerns about the performance and outcomes of cosmetic surgery. It is important that these reforms improve standards and protect the public.
Cosmetic surgery may take place in a range of types of facilities extending from those operated by single or small group practitioners that specialise in cosmetic procedures alone to those more complex day surgery centres and hospitals where facilities and surgeons may incorporate cosmetic procedures into lists of other procedures undertaken at that facility.
It is equally important that an appropriate amount of time is given to properly consult on these standards. Like many of the other consultations in this reform process, the window to comment on these standards has been insufficient.
