CQC
CATS · CQC readiness for aesthetic clinics
Turn good clinical work into inspection-ready evidence.
CATS is the clinical standard behind the evidence: 38 evidence-graded protocols, a version-controlled consent library and the TOPPASS safety verification — each document tagged with the CQC regulation and key question it evidences, ready to file in whatever system your clinic already runs.
“CATS is a licensed clinical standard, delivered online, that stays current — you renew for the currency, not the copies.”
01 / Diagnostic — the full 24 checks, free
Know your readiness in fifteen minutes.
Score each check honestly: 0 not done · 1 informal · 2 documented · 3 enforced · 4 audited & provable. Your score, gap count and modelled exposure update live. Nothing is sent anywhere until you choose to request your written report.
Opens your email client with your scores pre-filled · written report within 48 hours · one analysis per clinic
02 / The evidence, generated by the standard
Every CATS document arrives knowing where it files.
CATS is not another software system to migrate to. Each licensed document ships tagged with the regulation it evidences and a filing prompt — so it drops into the governance system, folder or register your clinic already uses. This is what the standard produces, illustrated:
| CATS document | Files under | CQC question | Filing prompt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signed modality consent (15-form library) | Reg 11 · Consent | Safe | File the signed, version-stamped form in the patient record — prosecutable without proof of harm, so version matters. |
| TOPPASS verification sheet (four-phase) | Reg 12 · Safe care | Safe | Attach per procedure; contraindication thresholds documented before treatment. |
| Competency register entry (signed, dated) | Reg 18 · Staffing | Effective / Well-led | One entry per practitioner per protocol, revalidated annually. |
| Annual Review Statement | Reg 17 · Governance | Well-led | File the dated statement — “no change required” is only a defence if you can show you looked. |
| Safety Notice + acknowledgement | Reg 12 / 17 | Safe / Well-led | Notice governs over print; file receipt within 10 working days of issue. |
| Complaints learning entry (service-recovery protocol) | Reg 16 · Complaints | Responsive | Concern → response → learning → change; summary available to CQC on request under 16(3). |
Illustrative filing map. A live governance workspace — competency tracking, read-and-sign, readiness scoring — is on the CATS roadmap and opens to licence holders first.
03 / The licence — trust-indexed pricing
One mechanism: the price is indexed to proof.
Before our named references exist, the licence costs less — honestly, because early clinics carry trust risk we cannot yet remove. When the proof exists, the price will say so. Flat per site, unlimited practitioners, no per-seat fees, ever.
Founding Cohort · 5 places
£2,400 / yr
First year · then your £2,950 lock
- Everything in the full licence
- Named credit in the published proof
- You shape the next edition
- Baseline + month-6 outcome data required
Closes 31 December 2026 — filled or not, it does not return.
Licence · Pre-Proof
£2,950 / yr
£245.83 / month equivalent · excl VAT
- 38 evidence-graded protocols, always current
- 15-form consent library, version-controlled
- TOPPASS safety verification standard
- V1–V4 assessment instruments
- Safety Notices within 10 working days
- Annual Review Statement, issued & dated
- Every document CQC-tagged (Regs 9–20A)
Files into whatever you already run. Day one: log in and use the current consent form.
Licence · Post-Proof
£3,900 / yr
£325 / month equivalent · excl VAT
- The identical licence
- Bought after references exist
- Three named clinics vouch for it
- Published cohort outcomes behind it
When the proof exists, charging the pre-proof price would misprice it.
The proof gate — published in advance
List price rises to £3,900 for new licensees the day both are true:
- three clinics referenceable by name, and
- cohort outcomes published (n ≥ 5)
Announced 60 days ahead. Early buyers keep £2,950 for the full three-year term (5% cap, 90 days’ notice).
£950 / yr
the permanent cost of waiting for the proof to exist before you buy
If your full analysis finds fewer than five specific, fixable gaps, the report is yours and no proposal follows. Computed from your answers — not asserted.
Full refund on the annual invoice within 30 days. The real trial is the first month of the paid year, on your own clinic.
Your signature rate holds for the three-year term under a 5% annual cap — including through the proof-gate rise.
04 / For the second room
The questions your business partner will ask.
| Whose budget is it? | Clinical governance / CPD-and-training — for most clinics, less than the revenue of one filler patient per month. Not marketing, equipment or software. |
| What’s the effort? | Day one: log in and use the current consent form. No migration, no data entry, no system to learn. |
| Why now? | The pre-proof price ends at the gate (£950/yr, permanently), the founding cohort closes 31 Dec 2026 — and your current consent forms remain undefendable at the next adverse event either way. |
| How do we exit? | Annual term. Don’t renew, keep what you downloaded (marked superseded out of licence). 30-day full-refund window. No lock-in beyond the year you chose. |
| Is it CQC-compatible? | Every document ships tagged to the regulation and key question it evidences, with a filing prompt. Aligned by design, filed in your own system. |
Start with the diagnostic above — then get it in writing.
Complete the 24 checks and request your free written gap analysis: every gap named, the modelled annual cost of leaving it open, and the five-gap guarantee verdict — computed, not promised.
Apply for a founding place →One analysis per clinic · under five gaps found = the report is yours and the conversation ends there
Start with the Free Gap Analysis
24 questions, about 15 minutes, completely private. Your report will be ready
Apply for the Free Gap Analysis →One analysis per clinic · Written report within 48 hours · Via Academy Contact form — select "Apply for the Free Gap Analysis" · All prices excl VAT
CATS · 3D Rejuvenation Academy · Dr. Amr H. Ismail, MD, FABAM, FISQua — Elevate the Standard. Treat with Precision. Lead with Integrity.
All prices GBP excluding VAT · three-year term renewed annually · revisions capped at 5%/yr, 90 days’ written notice. Diagnostic runs entirely in your browser; nothing is stored or sent until you request your report.