Professor David Sines CBE has announced his decision to stand down as the Independent Executive Chair of the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP) when his second term of office expires in February 2026.  For the past decade he has worked alongside Parliamentarians, Government Officials, statutory professional  regulators, key influencers and a myriad of other stakeholders to inform the co-design of a new system of regulation and licensing for the aesthetics sector in the UK.

 

David was appointed the founding Independent Executive Chair and Registrar of the JCCP in January 2016 following a two year appointment with Health Education England where he led the national review on education and training standards for the non-surgical sector, on behalf of Sir Bruce Keogh, the Department of Health’s Chief Medical Officer.  He has maintained a lifelong commitment to governance and public protection in the public sector.

 

Prof Sines said: 

 

“It has been a great honour to lead the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners over the past decade.  We have achieved a great deal and I believe we stand on the threshold of an important breakthrough with the development of a new regulation and licensing scheme for the non-surgical cosmetic sector in the UK.  This will be a major step towards improved patient safety and public protection and I pay warm tribute to all those many  colleagues who have made this possible.

 

“I am a great believer in public protection and I believe that after two lengthy terms as Executive Chair and Registrar it is the right time to hand over the leadership of the JCCP.  When the new regulation and  licensing scheme comes into effect the JCCP will enter a new era and its role will undoubtedly develop significantly.  This is the perfect moment for new leadership.”

 

Carolyn Harris MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Beauty and Wellbeing said:

 

“David has played a key role in facilitating sector engagement on the crucial issue of aesthetics regulation - an issue of great importance to me and the Beauty & Wellbeing APPG I have chaired for a number of years.  We are now on the threshold of a new regulation and licensing regime which will offer the public a significantly enhanced degree of protection and David has been a key contributor to this important development.  David’s legacy is greatly valued by everyone in the aesthetics sector and will have a long lasting impact on the future regulatory landscape in the UK.  We all thank him for his significant contribution”.

 

And Lord Beamish, an assiduous campaigner for reform in the aesthetics sector, said:

 

“David will be a big miss.  As Chair of the JCCP he has worked hard to give vulnerable patients a voice.  Through his work he has fought to drive up standards and safety for patients.”

 

Prof Sines is an appointed Emeritus Professor and strategic advisor on health care workforce transformation at Buckinghamshire New University, having previously been the University’s Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean in the Faculty of Society and Health.

 

David has held previous roles as Executive Dean for the Faculty of Health & Social Care at London South Bank University and as Head of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Ulster.

 

He obtained his PhD in social policy from the University of Southampton in 1993 and has held four Secretary of State appointments, including government appointments to the UKCC and NMC. He has been a Governor, Associate Non Executive Director or Non Executive Director with three NHS Foundation Trusts in London. He also held an Honorary Appointment with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as Associate Director of Nursing. He is a Fellow of the RCN and received a CBE in the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for ‘Services to Health Care’. David was a Non-Executive Director with the Central London NHS Community Healthcare Trust and an Associate Non Executive Director with Buckinghamshire NHS Hospitals Trust until 2021.