The James Clinic
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 73.2/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #15 of 21 ranked clinics · last checked 29 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Single-site plastic-surgery clinic in St Albans, Christchurch. The responsible surgeon is named with role and matches a current vocational scope in the national medical register. Injectable and skin-therapy services at the same address are delivered by a registered nurse and a skin therapist.
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. MCNZ register: Vocational scope Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (awarded 23 October 2013), status Practising with a current practising certificate; matches the clinic's advertised surgical specialty. [mcnz] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by name. Matched by name; status Practising with a current practising certificate. MCNZ's public register carries no registration number. [mcnz] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Register exists; no record found (we do not claim 'unlicensed'). HealthCERT certified-private-hospital register checked by the clinic's own name and address (Caledonian Rd, St Albans); no record. The clinic operates from its own consulting rooms, not a certified hospital. [healthcert] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Brand only. Brand only; no legal entity named on the clinic's own site. [site] |
SEC | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
| M9 | Patient documents None. No consent, risk, aftercare, revision or complaint documentation found on the clinic's own pages. [site-surgical] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Dylan Wyn James [site] [mcnz] | Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, clinic lead | not published |
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 (Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal / Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiaki Hauora (HPDT) — the statutory tribunal constituted under s 84 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 that hears disciplinary charges against registered health practitioners; its public decision database publishes file number, decision date, profession, scope of practice, practitioner name, established charge characteristics, penalties, suppression and appeal orders, and the full decision PDFs): could not verify
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://www.christchurchplasticsurgeon.co.nz/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 03 968 3429 |
| Address | Level 2/11 Caledonian Rd, St Albans, Christchurch 8014 |
| City | Christchurch |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.christchurchplasticsurgeon.co.nz/ | clinic's own site | physician, address, phone, menu structure | 29 August 2026 |
| site-about | https://www.christchurchplasticsurgeon.co.nz/about-us | clinic's own site | physician bio, role, qualifications | 29 August 2026 |
| site-surgical | https://www.christchurchplasticsurgeon.co.nz/surgical-procedures | clinic's own site | segments (breast, liposuction), patient-document check | 29 August 2026 |
| site-nonsurgical | https://www.christchurchplasticsurgeon.co.nz/non-surgical-procedures | clinic's own site | injectables segment, advertising-honesty check | 29 August 2026 |
| mcnz | https://www.mcnz.org.nz/registration/register-of-doctors/doctor/jam… | official register | specialist certification, medical licence status | 29 August 2026 |
| healthcert | https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/LegalEntitySummaryNGOHospit… | official register | facility registration check (searched, no matching row) | 29 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 29 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.