Kat & Co
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 91/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #3 of 25 ranked clinics · last checked 31 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Day-case plastic-surgery clinic in the Edgbaston Medical Quarter. The founding surgeon is named with role and is on the GMC Specialist Register in plastic surgery, matching the clinic's advertised focus; the facility and the operating company are both matched in their respective public registers.
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. GMC Specialist Register: plastic surgery from 16 Apr 1999, 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 licence number. Matched by GMC reference number 3627590, registered with a licence to practise. [gmc] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found: name, address and status match. CQC location 'CC Kat Aesthetics' at 20 Calthorpe Road, B15 1RP matches address; provider Kat & Co Healthcare Limited. [cqc] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Legal entity and registration number published and matched in the register. |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Physician numbers published; facility or legal-entity numbers not. Site publishes a CQC facility registration number; no individual physician GMC numbers published. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Quote not re-verified on 2026-08-31; previous value 3 withdrawn. |
? | ? | 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. Aftercare referenced only in a patient testimonial; no consent, itemised risk/complication, revision-policy or complaints-procedure page found on the pages reviewed. [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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs Chien C Kat [site] [gmc] | Founder, Consultant Plastic Surgeon | GMC 3627590 |
Legal entity: Kat & Co Healthcare Limited · 06757981 [cqc] [ch]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified yes →
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified yes →
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified yes →
- Medical weight loss: verified yes →
- 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
- M7 · Advertising honesty
- 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.cckat.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 0121 456 7930 |
| Address | 20 Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 1RP |
| City | Birmingham |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.cckat.com/ | clinic's own site | physician, address, phone, menu, marketing claims | 31 August 2026 |
| gmc | https://www.gmc-uk.org/registrants/3627590 | official register | specialist certification, licence status, sanctions | 31 August 2026 |
| cqc | https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-6376607834 | official register | facility registration, provider name | 31 August 2026 |
| ch | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/… | official register | legal entity, registration number, status, previous name | 31 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 31 August 2026 | axes.M7: 3 → null (Citation re-check: quote not found at https://www.cckat.com/ (quote not found); cell degraded to could-not-verify.) |
| 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.