Up to £1m a year spent fixing bad Botox
The NHS is racking up a multi-million- pound bill to correct botched Botox injections that have left patients in pain or disfigured.
Data uncovered by the Liberal Democrats using the Freedom of Information Act revealed that three clinical commissioning groups in Manchester alone have had to spend almost £2 million over the past five years on surgery required as a result of the injections. Campaigners warn that the figures suggest a national bill of as much as £1 million a year.
It is currently legal for beauticians with limited or no medical training to administer the anti-wrinkle injections. Tim Farron, the Lib Dem leader, proposed a “Botox Bill” to “make sure the rare, few bad practices are stamped out”.
A spokeswoman for the Department of