Meet Mel Van Wellen, Our New Aesthetic Nurse in Newark

Aesthetic nurse Mel Van Wellen has joined our team in Newark. Here’s why every injectable at The London Road Clinic is administered by a registered medical professional.

Reviewed by Dr Shahe Boghossian, GMC 5204600. Last reviewed 18 May 2026.

Our standards came from medicine, not marketing.

That sentence sits behind every appointment we hold and every consultation we book. It is the reason we have grown our injectables and skin team this month to include Mel Van Wellen, an experienced aesthetic nurse who joins Dr Shahe Boghossian, Jasmin and Laura in our Newark clinic.

Meet Mel

Mel is a Master’s-qualified registered nurse. Twelve years before she ever picked up an injection needle for cosmetic work, she was in clinical practice.

She spent the first decade of her career at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. Paediatric critical care. The children’s emergency department of the East Midlands’ regional major trauma centre.

She is qualified in Advanced Paediatric Life Support and trains other clinicians in Basic Life Support. She has spent the last three years building on that foundation as an aesthetic practitioner. Her training includes anti-wrinkle injections, dermal fillers, skin boosters, polynucleotides, microneedling and chemical peels. She is currently completing her V300 Independent Prescribing qualification at the University of Lincoln.

Mel is also from Newark. She knows the area, and she knows the standards local clients expect.

A medical professional & Aesthetic Nurse. Always.

In the UK, the cosmetic injectables sector remains largely unregulated. Botulinum toxin and dermal fillers can legally be administered by people with no medical training at all, in settings that range from kitchen tables to hotel rooms.

The London Road Clinic does not work that way, and never has. Every injection here is administered by a doctor or a registered nurse. That is not a marketing line. It is a core value of how the clinic operates.

Mel’s arrival continues that belief.

Where the standard comes from

The standard of care a client receives in our clinic begins long before the clinic itself does.

It begins in medical school. On hospital wards. In resus bays. It is built slowly, in environments where the margin for error is small and the consequences of getting something wrong are not cosmetic.

Dr Shahe Boghossian brings the full weight of a surgical career into every aesthetic consultation he conducts. His clinical background includes organ transplant surgery. He continues to operate with a particular specialism in gynaecomastia, a procedure performed by relatively few UK surgeons and one that calls on both surgical precision and aesthetic judgement in equal measure. The discipline of that training stays with a doctor. It informs how he reads a face, plans a treatment, anticipates a complication, and explains a risk. It is not an approach he switches into for aesthetic work. It is the only approach he has.

Mel brings the same discipline. The patient observation built in critical care notices what a chart would not show. The steadiness built in paediatric emergency keeps a clinician calm when something feels unusual. None of those qualities are listed on a treatment menu. None of them can be acquired in a one-day or weekend course. They are produced by years.

Our standards came from medicine, not marketing.

Accountable, by registration

There is a second difference, less obvious than the first, and arguably the more important.

Mel is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, PIN 13E2603E. Dr Shahe is registered with the General Medical Council, reference 5204600. Both registers are statutory and public. Both can be checked in under a minute. Both carry the legal authority to set the standards their registrants practise to.

Every clinical decision Mel and Shahe make is taken inside that framework. They are, in the most literal sense, professionally accountable to someone other than themselves. Both registration numbers are shared openly here because verification is part of safety. Anyone can claim a qualification. Few clinics show you exactly where to check.

The receipts

The London Road Clinic holds a Fresha Best in Class 2026 award, earned on the strength of more than 1,200 verified five-star client reviews. The clinic has been named a national finalist in the Safety in Beauty awards and is accredited by the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP), the UK’s independent voluntary register for cosmetic practitioners. Accreditation with Save Face, the UK’s PSA-approved register for medical aesthetic practitioners, is in progress.

The accreditations and awards matter, but they describe rather than create the standard. The standard itself was set long before any badge was awarded, in the rooms where Mel and Shahe trained.

Welcome Mel

Mel is consulting from the 3^rd June at 65 London Road, Newark.

To book a consultation with Mel online, pleas click here, or call 01636 680 767.

The London Road Clinic, 65 London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 1RZ. Serving clients across Newark, Nottingham, Lincoln, Grantham, Mansfield, Retford, Sleaford and the wider East Midlands.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Who administers injectables at The London Road Clinic in Newark?

A: Every injectable treatment at The London Road Clinic in Newark is administered by a registered medical professional. The medical injectable team is Dr Shahe Boghossian, Medical Consultant (GMC 5204600), and aesthetic nurse Mel Van Wellen (NMC 13E2603E). Prescription-only treatments including anti-wrinkle injections are prescribed by Dr Boghossian following an in-person consultation, in line with current GMC, NMC, GPhC and GDC guidance. Both registration numbers are publicly verifiable on the GMC and NMC registers.

Q: Can a beautician legally administer anti-wrinkle injections in the UK?

A: Yes. UK law currently allows botulinum toxin and dermal fillers to be administered to adults over 18 by people with no medical training. The cosmetic injectables sector remains largely unregulated. At The London Road Clinic in Newark, every injection is administered by a doctor or registered nurse with full GMC or NMC registration as a matter of internal policy.

Q: How can I verify my aesthetic practitioner is medically qualified in the UK?

A: In the UK, doctors are registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) and registered nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Both registers are statutory, public, and free to search online. A practitioner should give you their registration number on request. At The London Road Clinic in Newark, Dr Shahe Boghossian (GMC 5204600) and aesthetic nurse Mel Van Wellen (NMC 13E2603E) publish both numbers openly for verification.

Q: Should I get anti-wrinkle injections from a doctor or a nurse?

A: Both can administer anti-wrinkle injections safely in the UK, provided they are appropriately qualified and accountable. A GMC-registered doctor and an NMC-registered nurse are both medical professionals bound by statutory regulators. What matters most is that your practitioner is medically qualified, holds a current registration you can verify, and works within a clear prescribing framework. At The London Road Clinic in Newark, both Dr Shahe Boghossian (GMC 5204600) and aesthetic nurse Mel Van Wellen (NMC 13E2603E) administer injectable treatments.

Q: What qualifications should an aesthetic nurse have in the UK?

A: In the UK, an aesthetic nurse must be a Registered Nurse on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register. Beyond core NMC registration, advanced practitioners hold accredited training in botulinum toxin, dermal fillers, skin boosters, polynucleotides, microneedling and chemical peels, and may complete additional study toward V300 Independent Prescribing. Mel Van Wellen at The London Road Clinic (NMC 13E2603E) holds a Master's in Nursing Science, twelve years of clinical experience, and is completing her V300 at the University of Lincoln in 2026.