Where does Botox training near Edinburgh actually happen?

At our Manchester training centre. From Edinburgh, direct from Waverley to Piccadilly, about 3 hours 40 door to door. Online theory is completed at home before the clinical days, so travel buys practical time only.

Can I be a model from Edinburgh instead of a delegate?

Yes. Model sessions run on every course day at the Manchester centre, at prices around half typical clinic rates. Apply through the model programme page and flexible availability gets matched fastest.

How many models will I treat on the foundation course?

Four to six across the two clinical days, at a published maximum ratio of one trainer to four delegates. If on-the-day suitability reduces your exposure, you return to a supervised clinic free.

Is there a course venue in Edinburgh itself?

Not currently. We concentrate clinical infrastructure in London and Manchester so every cohort gets the same published ratios and model clinics. Most Edinburgh delegates travel the evening before a clinical day.

Botox and dermal filler training in Edinburgh

Aurelia Institute has two training venues and both are in England, London and Manchester. There is no Edinburgh venue and no Scottish venue at all. Nobody teaches under our name in Scotland and we have no arrangement with a Scottish clinic. If you are in Edinburgh, training with us means a trip and a night away, and you should factor that into the cost before you compare us with anyone.

Plan for an overnight

Manchester is marginally the nearer venue, but from Edinburgh both are realistically an overnight trip rather than a long day. Trying to compress a supervised injecting day into a return journey the same morning is a bad idea for reasons that have nothing to do with convenience. Travel the night before, sleep, and arrive able to concentrate. Check current rail timetables and flight schedules when you book rather than working from any figure you have read, since cross border services change seasonally and are frequently affected by engineering work. The upside of an overnight is that the two venues become broadly equivalent, so choose on dates, which is what the course dates page is there for.

The Edinburgh market is not the Glasgow market

Edinburgh has a client base with money, professional clients who book in advance and keep appointments, and a strong preference for discretion over display. Aesthetic work here is often bought quietly rather than advertised, which changes how a practice grows. Social media does less of the work than it does further west, and referral from a trusted salon, dentist or GP practice does more. The city is also seasonal in a way few others are, with the summer festival period distorting demand and occupancy, and premises costs in the centre are high enough that most new injectors start by renting sessional space rather than taking their own lease.

Which parts of the Scottish Act are in force

This is the part that matters and the part most often reported badly. The Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Act 2026, 2026 asp 13, was passed on 17 March 2026 and received Royal Assent on 12 May 2026. The Act is on the statute book. Its offence provisions are not yet in force.

Section 2(1), which concerns providing a non surgical procedure to a person under 18, awaits commencement regulations. So does section 3, which concerns providing a procedure outwith permitted premises. Neither is currently enforceable. Section 24(4) prevents section 3 being commenced before 6 September 2027, which sets a floor and does not set a start date. Nobody can tell you when it will begin, because that has not been decided, and anyone who states a commencement date as fact is inventing it.

Why section 4 should shape your plans anyway

Section 4 defines permitted premises and excludes a dwelling and a care home. If your intention is to work from a room at home, or to visit clients in theirs, that is lawful in Scotland today and it is clearly the model the Act is designed to end. You are free to build it. You should do so with your eyes open, and probably with a plan for moving into commercial premises rather than a hope that the position changes. Sessional space in an existing Edinburgh clinic solves that problem on day one and gives you a referral source at the same time. Dates and status are maintained in the licensing tracker.

Training south of the border

Do not assume that training in England signals anything about your standing in Scotland, in either direction. It neither helps nor hinders you, and a provider hinting that an English course carries some special weight north of the border is describing a relationship that does not exist.

Training in England does not put you under English rules. Practise in Edinburgh and Scottish law applies to you, together with your own professional regulator’s standards, wherever you were taught. What you should check is that your indemnity covers you for what you actually intend to do, in Scotland, in the setting you actually intend to use. That is worked through in the insurance and prescribing guide.

One point on the medicine itself

Botulinum toxin is a prescription only medicine. That shapes how you can practise and how you can advertise: it cannot be promoted to the public, and a prescriber must assess each patient face to face before it is prescribed. Whatever you read elsewhere, that requirement applies wherever in the country you work.

If you are still deciding, read our guide to foundation injectables training first. It sets out entry requirements by profession and the prescribing rule most course pages leave out.