IMS Plastic Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 80.5/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #13 of 25 ranked clinics · last checked 31 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Single-physician private plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery practice operating from Spire Leeds Hospital and Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital. Responsible surgeon named with role; on the GMC Specialist Register in plastic surgery, matching the clinic's advertised focus; the operating hospital is found in the facility register. A company bearing a matching name exists but its listed director does not match the surgeon's name, so no legal entity is scored; the clinic does not publish its own licence numbers.
Axis by axis
rubric value 1–5 · ? could not verify (no points, not a negative finding) · — not applicable: this country has no register of that class · OFF official register · SEC secondary source
| Axis | Finding (rubric anchor) | Value | Source class | Weight | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Specialist certification of the responsible physician Found by name or number; specialty matches what is advertised; status current. On the Specialist Register in plastic surgery (from 30 Jun 2008), matching the clinic's advertised focus. [gmc] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by name. Matched by name; registration shows 'Registered with a licence to practise'. The clinic does not publish a GMC number. [gmc] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found: name, address and status match. Spire Leeds Hospital found in the CQC directory at this name and address. [cqc] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-31 |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
| M9 | Patient documents None. Site navigation checked in full; no consent, risk, aftercare, revision-policy or complaint-route page found. [site] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
Score ceilings
No ceiling applies. We never apply one on 'not found' alone.
Holds
No hold on this profile.
Inclusion policy
Four mechanical conditions. The first three decide whether a clinic is listed at all; the fourth decides whether it can be scored.
| Identifiable: live public surface + working in-country contact | verified yes [site] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site] |
Who is responsible
Named physicians and the legal entity, as published and as matched in the registers. A missing number is a statement about disclosure, not about licensing.
| Physician | Role | Register ID |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Ian Smith [site] [gmc] | Consultant plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeon | GMC 4426154 |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified no
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified yes →
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified yes →
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- Sanctions / discipline register (General Medical Council — fitness-to-practise history on the LRMP record, plus the Recent GMC decisions list): no entry found [gmc]
What we could not verify
- M5 · Legal-entity traceability
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency
These cells score nothing and count against coverage, but they are not negative findings. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://www.imsplasticsurgery.co.uk/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 0113 873 0270 |
| Address | Spire Leeds Hospital, Jackson Avenue, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 1NT |
| City | Leeds |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.imsplasticsurgery.co.uk/ | clinic's own site | physician, role, hospitals, phone, procedures, navigation | 31 August 2026 |
| gmc | https://www.gmc-uk.org/registrants/4426154 | official register | specialist certification, medical licence, fitness-to-practise history | 31 August 2026 |
| cqc | https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-129798228 | official register | facility registration | 31 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 31 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
Corrections are applied with a source link and logged publicly. A clinic statement without a source is published next to the data; the score does not change.