As we start winding down for a short Christmas break to refresh and recharge ahead of a busy 2023 – it is time to look back on the year just gone, and to celebrate our successes and impact.
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Recent announcements that advertisers will be restricted from aiming ads for cosmetic procedures at under-18s, and that practitioners can no longer administer botox or fillers to under-18s, are clear causes for celebration. But the buck doesn’t stop when someone turns 18.
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing published its report into Botox, fillers, and similar non-surgical cosmetic treatments. The Nuffield Council on Bioethics played an important role in initiating this APPG inquiry.
The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has set out a series of recommendations to increase the number of people in the UK who view their appearance positively.
A new survey about body image has been published from the Women and Equalities Committee, as part of their ‘Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image.’
Matt Hancock, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced a new partnership between the Samaritans and Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Google, YouTube, and Twitter.
This week in a Westminster Hall Debate on regulation of the aesthetics industry, Jackie Doyle-Price, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, committed to bringing forward legislation to ban under 18s from accessing cosmetic procedures, in line with current age limits on tattoos and sunbeds.
This week the Government published an Online Harms White Paper setting out legislative and non-legislative measures to make companies more responsible for their users’ safety online, especially children and other potentially vulnerable groups.
Nuffield Council on Bioethics welcome the findings and conclusions of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s report ‘Impact of social media and screen-use on young people’s health’