Philip Turton Cosmetic Breast Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 69.5/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #20 of 25 ranked clinics · last checked 31 August 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Single-physician private breast-surgery practice operating from Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital and Spire Leeds Hospital. Responsible surgeon named with role; on the GMC Specialist Register in general surgery; the operating hospital is found in the facility register; a company record with a matching director was found. The clinic does not publish its own licence or registration 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; specialty adjacent to what is advertised (noted on the profile). On the Specialist Register in general surgery (from 20 Nov 2003), the GMC category that covers breast surgery; the clinic's advertised focus is breast surgery, an adjacent sub-specialty rather than a direct 'Plastic surgery' entry. [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. Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital found in the CQC directory at this name and address. [cqc] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Matched by name. Leeds Breast and Cosmetic Clinic Limited (09964076), active; the surgeon is listed as its director. Not self-disclosed on the clinic's own site. [companies] [companies-officer] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Systematic superlatives without guarantees. Repeated superlative self-description across the home and about pages, without a naming issuer. [site] Based in the A-rated Nuffield Hospital Leeds, Mr. Turton is widely recognised as the Number 1 choice for patients seeking cosmetic breast surgery. |
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 Two or three. Risk information and a recovery/aftercare timeline published on procedure pages; no consent, revision-policy or complaint-route page found. [site-proc] |
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 Philip Turton [site] [gmc] | Consultant cosmetic breast, oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgeon | GMC 3613582 |
Legal entity: Leeds Breast and Cosmetic Clinic Limited · 09964076 [companies] [companies-officer]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified no
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified no
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified no
- 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
- 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://cosmeticbreastsurgeon.co.uk/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +44 113 388 2008 |
| Address | Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital, 2 Leighton Street, Leeds, LS1 3EB |
| City | Leeds |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://cosmeticbreastsurgeon.co.uk/ | clinic's own site | physician, role, address, hospitals, phone, procedures | 31 August 2026 |
| site-about | https://cosmeticbreastsurgeon.co.uk/about-philip-turton/ | clinic's own site | physician qualifications | 31 August 2026 |
| site-proc | https://cosmeticbreastsurgeon.co.uk/procedures/breast-reduction/ | clinic's own site | risks, aftercare/recovery information | 31 August 2026 |
| gmc | https://www.gmc-uk.org/registrants/3613582 | official register | specialist certification, medical licence, fitness-to-practise history | 31 August 2026 |
| cqc | https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-115574578 | official register | facility registration | 31 August 2026 |
| companies | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/… | official register | legal entity, registration number, status | 31 August 2026 |
| companies-officer | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers… | official register | matching director | 31 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 31 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
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