Entry criteria

Best Clinic categories are awarded regionally, covering North England, South England, London, Scotland, Midlands & Wales, Ireland & Northern Ireland. Finalists will be judged on growth initiatives, commitment to customer service, patient care and safety, plus positive patient feedback over the past year. If your clinic was established after 1 January 2023, you are only eligible to enter Best New Clinic UK & Ireland.

Important information

The Aesthetics Awards reserves the right to move your clinic entry to another category if deemed appropriate. You will be notified of this change. If your clinic is part of a group, you may enter only one branch per region. All responses must be specific to this branch, with its location clearly stated. Winners are chosen by The Aesthetics Awards Judges; there is no voting.

Entry criteria

Best Clinic categories are awarded regionally, covering North England, South England, London, Scotland, Midlands & Wales, Ireland & Northern Ireland. Finalists will be judged on growth initiatives, commitment to customer service, patient care and safety, plus positive patient feedback over the past year. If your clinic was established after 1 January 2023, you are only eligible to enter Best New Clinic UK & Ireland.

Important information

The Aesthetics Awards reserves the right to move your clinic entry to another category if deemed appropriate. You will be notified of this change. If your clinic is part of a group, you may enter only one branch per region. All responses must be specific to this branch, with its location clearly stated. Winners are chosen by The Aesthetics Awards Judges; there is no voting.

Entry criteria

Best Clinic categories are awarded regionally, covering North England, South England, London, Scotland, Midlands & Wales, Ireland & Northern Ireland. Finalists will be judged on growth initiatives, commitment to customer service, patient care and safety, plus positive patient feedback over the past year. If your clinic was established after 1 January 2023, you are only eligible to enter Best New Clinic UK & Ireland.

Important information

The Aesthetics Awards reserves the right to move your clinic entry to another category if deemed appropriate. You will be notified of this change. If your clinic is part of a group, you may enter only one branch per region. All responses must be specific to this branch, with its location clearly stated. Winners are chosen by The Aesthetics Awards Judges; there is no voting.

Entry criteria

This Award recognises the best surgical aesthetic result by a consultant surgeon in the UK or Ireland over the past year. The practitioner may have utilised non-surgical treatments to complement the result. Entrants must show outstanding photographic evidence, excellent patient care and safety, and patient satisfaction supported by feedback. The Winner will be selected by The Aesthetics Awards Judges, with no voting element.

Entry criteria

This Award honours the best injectable product or range by a manufacturer or exclusive UK/Irish distributor in medical aesthetic clinics over the past 12 months. Open to companies supplying medical practitioners only, finalists must demonstrate their product's effectiveness, safety, ease-of-use and high practitioner satisfaction, supported by scientific evidence. Eligible products include dermal fillers, toxins, polynucleotides, skin boosters, revitalisers, threads etc.

Important information

If the product/range launched after 1 January 2023, it is also eligible for the Best New Innovative Product Award. Companies may enter the same product in both categories, if eligible, but it can only be announced as a Finalist in one, which will be determined by The Aesthetics Awards. The entrant must abide by The Aesthetics Awards Terms and Conditions.

The Winner will be selected from the Finalists using a combination of Aesthetics Journal reader votes and Judges’ scores. Voting will constitute a 20% share of the final score. Note that should there be a prescription-only medicine finalist, the Aesthetics Awards is within its right to amend the judging process for this category to align with the ABPI Code of Practice. Entrants must hold all necessary regulatory approvals for their products to be permitted for sale, distribution and use in the UK to be a Finalist in this category

Entry criteria

This Award honours exemplary clinic team members working within medically-led aesthetic clinics in the UK and Ireland over the past year. It recognises their valuable contributions, support for their team and patients, positive impact on their business or patients and strong commitment to the field's future.

Applicable entrants could include:

• Aesthetic therapists/aestheticians
• Clinic managers
• Clinic representatives (sales/marketing/customer support etc.)
• Clinic receptionists
• Other vital members of clinic support staff

Important information

The Winner will be selected by The Aesthetics Awards Judges, with no voting element.

Entry criteria

This Award celebrates emerging doctors, dentists, and nurses in the UK and Ireland with five or fewer years of aesthetics practice. It recognises those showing promise as future leaders, assessed on their clinical expertise, dedication to professional development, commitment to patient safety, positive patient impact, and contributions toward advancing the aesthetics field.

Important information

Practitioners may enter this category year on year, as long as they have been practising in medical aesthetics for less than five years at the time of application. Those with more than five years of experience should enter the Nurse or Medical Aesthetic Practitioner categories. The Winner will be selected by The Aesthetics Awards Judges, with no voting element.

Entry criteria

This Award recognises the best non-surgical aesthetic result by a doctor, nurse, dentist or surgeon in the UK or Ireland over the past year. The result must be achieved either by using non-injectable treatments or a combination of injectables and non-injectables, over one or multiple sessions. Entrants must show outstanding photographic evidence, excellent patient care and safety, and patient satisfaction supported by feedback.

Important information

 Surgical procedures are excluded from this category and should be entered into the Surgical Result category. Results which are utilising only injectable treatments should enter the Injectable Result category. The Winner will be selected by The Aesthetics Awards Judges, with no voting element.

Entry criteria

This Award recognises the best injectable result by a nurse, doctor, dentist or surgeon in the UK or Ireland over the past year. The result must be achieved using exclusively injectable treatments over one or multiple sessions. Entrants must show outstanding photographic evidence, excellent patient care and safety, and patient satisfaction supported by feedback.

Important Information

Surgical procedures are excluded from this category and should be entered into the Surgical Result category. Results which are utilising non-injectable treatments, or a combination treatment with injectables, should enter the Non-Surgical Result category. The Winner will be selected by The Aesthetics Awards Judges, with no voting element.

Entry criteria

This Award recognises the new products making waves in the UK and Ireland medical aesthetics market. Entrants must demonstrate innovation, science, safety and excellent patient results within medical aesthetics. Eligible products must be new and must have been launched in the UK/Ireland after 1 January 2023. Products must not have been entered into any categories at The Aesthetics Awards in previous years; existing products can be entered into specific product categories.

Important information

Companies may enter the same product in both the Best New Innovative Product category and the eligible product specific categories, but it can only be announced as a Finalist in one, which will be determined by The Aesthetics Awards. The entrant must abide by The Aesthetics Awards Terms and Conditions.

The Winner will be selected by The Aesthetics Awards Judges, with no voting element. Entrants must hold all necessary regulatory approvals for their products to be permitted for sale, distribution and use in the UK to be a Finalist in this category

Confirmations

• Confirm the product launched into the UK or Irish market after 1 January 2023.
• Confirm the product holds all required regulatory approvals necessary to be permitted in the UK or Irish market.
• If the product is an injectable, confirm you only distribute to healthcare professionals.
  

Entry criteria

This Award honours the aesthetic nurse in the UK or Ireland who has significantly contributed to the aesthetics profession's growth in the past year. The Winner will be judged on efforts to advance the specialty, clinical expertise, professional development, patient safety and impact on the profession as a whole.

Important information

This category is only open to nurses with more than five years’ demonstrable experience of working in the aesthetic specialty. Those with less than five years’ experience should enter the Rising Star of the Year category. Nurses practising in the UK should be a prescriber. The Winner will be selected by The Aesthetics Awards Judges, with no voting element.

Entry criteria

Best Clinic categories are awarded regionally, covering North England, South England, London, Scotland, Midlands & Wales, Ireland & Northern Ireland. Finalists will be judged on growth initiatives, commitment to customer service, patient care and safety, plus positive patient feedback over the past year. If your clinic was established after 1 January 2023, you are only eligible to enter Best New Clinic UK & Ireland.

Important information

The Aesthetics Awards reserves the right to move your clinic entry to another category if deemed appropriate. You will be notified of this change. If your clinic is part of a group, you may enter only one branch per region. All responses must be specific to this branch, with its location clearly stated. Winners are chosen by The Aesthetics Awards Judges; there is no voting.

Entry criteria

This Award honours the medical aesthetic doctor, dentist or surgeon in the UK or Ireland who has significantly contributed to the aesthetics profession's growth in the past year. The winner will be judged on efforts to advance the specialty, clinical expertise, professional development, patient safety and impact on the profession as a whole.

Important information

This category is only open to doctors, dentists and surgeons with more than five years’ demonstrable experience of working in the aesthetic specialty. For those with less than five years’ experience, please enter the Rising Star of the Year category. The Winner will be selected by The Aesthetics Awards Judges, with no voting element.

Entry criteria

Best Clinic categories are awarded regionally, covering North England, South England, London, Scotland, Midlands & Wales, Ireland & Northern Ireland. Finalists will be judged on growth initiatives, commitment to customer service, patient care and safety, plus positive patient feedback over the past year. If your clinic was established after 1 January 2023, you are only eligible to enter Best New Clinic UK & Ireland.

Important information

The Aesthetics Awards reserves the right to move your clinic entry to another category if deemed appropriate. You will be notified of this change. If your clinic is part of a group, you may enter only one branch per region. All responses must be specific to this branch, with its location clearly stated. Winners are chosen by The Aesthetics Awards Judges; there is no voting.

Entry criteria

This Award is open to medical aesthetic clinic teams of any size working in the UK or Ireland. The Judges will look for evidence of excellent customer service, a continuous training programme, strong practitioner support and effective teamwork for the benefit of the business and patients over the past year.

Important information

The Winner will be selected by The Aesthetics Awards Judges, with no voting element.

Entry criteria

Best Clinic categories are awarded regionally, covering North England, South England, London, Scotland, Midlands & Wales, Ireland & Northern Ireland. Finalists will be judged on growth initiatives, commitment to customer service, patient care and safety, plus positive patient feedback over the past year. If your clinic was established after 1 January 2023, you are only eligible to enter Best New Clinic UK & Ireland.

Important information

The Aesthetics Awards reserves the right to move your clinic entry to another category if deemed appropriate. You will be notified of this change. If your clinic is part of a group, you may enter only one branch per region. All responses must be specific to this branch, with its location clearly stated. Winners are chosen by The Aesthetics Awards Judges; there is no voting.

Entry criteria

The Award for Best New Clinic is open to any medical aesthetic clinic in the UK or Ireland that was established after 1 January 2023. Finalists will be judged on growth initiatives, commitment to customer service, patient care and safety, plus positive patient feedback.

Important information

Best New Clinic entrants will not be eligible to enter the regional clinic categories. The Aesthetics Awards reserves the right to move your clinic entry into a regional category if deemed appropriate. If the clinic belongs to a group or chain, the entry must concentrate on a single specific branch. The location of this branch must be clearly stated, and all responses must pertain exclusively to this branch. The Winner will be selected by The Aesthetics Awards Judges, with no voting element.

Conditions of entry

The entrant must abide by the Aesthetics Awards Terms and Conditions. The clinic must be a medically-led clinic with a named medical director. The medical professionals within the clinic must be registered with their medical regulatory body (GMC/GDC/NMC/GPhC or Irish equivalent), which will be checked to ensure they are active on the appropriate medical register and do not have any restrictions on practice. If your clinic is performing medical treatments, you must be registered with the appropriate premises regulator (e.g. CQC/RQIA/CIW/HIS/HIQA).