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<p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult
social care providers, including cosmetic surgery clinics, in England and has a key
responsibility in the overall assurance of safety and quality of health and adult
social care services.</p><p> </p><p>All providers of regulated activities must be
registered and follow the set of fundamental standards of safety and quality. The
fundamental standards describe the basic requirements that providers should always
meet, and outline the outcomes that service users should always expect.</p><p> </p><p>The
CQC regulates and assesses all providers of regulated activities by looking at five
domains – whether they are safe, effective, caring, responsive to people’s needs and
well-led.</p><p> </p><p>Where the CQC finds cosmetic surgery services are providing
substandard care, a range of enforcement powers have been and will continue where
necessary to be used against these services. The CQC has a wide range of enforcement
powers. These powers include but are not limited to immediate closure of a service,
suspending a service, issuing Warning Notices and prosecuting providers.</p><p> </p><p>
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