A COSMETIC clinic is still rated inadequate following a second inspection due to "incomplete and ineffective" risk assessments.

A New You in Trafalgar Street, Brighton, provides consultations and treatment for dermatological conditions and plastic surgery consultations as well as Botox.

It was rated inadequate in July 2021 after Care Quality Commission inspectors found several regulation breaches. It was placed in special measures and its registration was suspended for three months, starting in November 2021.

It was rated inadequate for providing safe, effective and well-led services and "requiring improvement" for providing caring services. It was rated good for providing responsive services.

Inspectors returned in February to assess whether enough improvements had been made to lift the suspension. 

Their report, published in March, only covers findings relating to those requirements. The service was not rated following the inspection - its previous rating of inadequate remains and the clinic is still in special measures.

The inspectors decided the suspension could be lifted but said some improvements were insufficient and some regulations were still being breached.

They found there was still a "lack of effective systems and processes to assess the risk of, and prevent, detect and control the spread of infection".

Arrangements to manage medical emergencies had not been adequately risk assessed.

Inspector Dr Rosie Benneyworth said: “Risk monitoring processes were incomplete and ineffective and failed to ensure an accurate assessment of potential risks.”

She said newly developed policies and procedures had been established but did not always contain accurate or relevant information.

The inspectors found there were improved systems for the safe and appropriate use of medicines, which meant they were stored and monitored appropriately, and systems had been established to receive and monitor patient safety alerts.

Staff had received chaperone training and had been subject to Disclosure and Barring Scheme checks.

There were better safeguarding systems and processes to keep people safe but staff had not received training in the safeguarding of children.

Dr Benneyworth concluded that sufficient improvements had been made to lift the registration suspension but warned the clinic must establish effective systems and processes to improve and no longer be in breach of regulations.