CQC and your clinic
What the CQC regulates in aesthetics and what it doesn’t, the therapeutic toxin trap, what registration involves, and how England’s coming licence and Scotland’s…
The professional series
Guides that give straight answers.
Long reads, reviewed by named clinicians and date-stamped. They cover the things the sector leaves vague, from qualifications and licensing to insurance and careers, with sources for every claim.
Aurelia Institute professional series
The UK medical aesthetics training guides
2026 editions
Clinical pathways, regulation tracking and career planning.
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VAT and tax for aesthetic practitioners
The £90,000 VAT threshold, the medical exemption’s principal-purpose test, the records that survive an HMRC inspection, and self-assessment basics for practitioners building a clinic…
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Pricing treatments like a business
A line-by-line cost stack for toxin and filler appointments, contribution margin in plain English, and why £99 lips breaks advertising rules and your margin…
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The start-up ledger
Three worked start-up budgets for a UK aesthetics practice, renting by the day, converting a home room or leasing premises, with breakeven arithmetic and…
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When a course goes wrong
A 2025 academy collapse left students around £7,500 out of pocket each. Your rights under the Consumer Rights Act, Section 75 and chargeback, and…
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What actually invalidates your cover
Entry premiums start nearer £371 than the £6,000 Reddit myth, but the premium is not the point. Seven ways practitioners void their own cover,…
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Finding and working with a prescriber
Toxin, hyaluronidase and adrenaline are all prescription-only. How non-prescribers actually find a prescriber, what the arrangement costs, the red flags that end careers, and…
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Insurance and prescribing, the two systems that run aesthetics
Who insures whom for what, claims-made traps, the V300 route, face-to-face prescribing law and compliant prescriber arrangements. These two systems govern UK aesthetics day…
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Choosing a training provider without losing your money
After a major academy collapsed owing students £7,500 qualifications, due diligence became survival. The 12-question checklist and fee-protection playbook, plus the red flags nobody…
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What non-medics can actually do in aesthetics
No sales agenda here. What beauty professionals can legally do today across all four UK nations, what’s insurable, what’s closing, and the regulated ladder…
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Hair transplant careers in the UK
A booming vertical with no credible training map, so we wrote one. CQC reality, team roles and scopes, technician economics, FUE fundamentals and the…
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PRP and polynucleotide training, answered properly
Phlebotomy requirements, kit selection and centrifuge truth, blood-handling compliance, the polynucleotide evidence base, and honest patient selection for both.