ChicPersona
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 86.8/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #1 of 17 ranked clinics · last checked 30 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Med-aesthetic centre in Ta' Xbiex with its own operating theatres, offering cosmetic surgery, dermatology, injectables, laser and a non-surgical weight-loss programme. Three consultant plastic surgeons and several dermatologists are named with their roles on the site; all three surgeons are entered in the Medical Council's Specialist Accreditation Register under plastic surgery. The premises appear in the Superintendence of Public Health register of licensed medical clinics, and the operating company and its registration number are published on the site and matched in the Malta Business Registry publications feed.
Google Maps listing (reference, not scored)
What the clinic's public Google Maps listing showed when we read it: the rating other people gave, the number of their reviews and the hours the clinic itself publishes there. This block is a reference only — it does not enter the score, the rank, the ceilings or the holds, and we have not checked it beyond matching the listing to this record.
| Google rating | 3.7 out of 5 · reviews: 64 |
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| Opening hours as published on the listing |
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| Open the listing on Google Maps | Google Maps |
Source: Google Maps, read 4 October 2026. The listing was matched to this record by the clinic's phone number.
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, status current; the registered specialty matches what this physician advertises. Specialist Accreditation Register, PLASTIC SURGERY list: 2726 Mr. Aquilina Duncan, 3415 Dr. Borg Matthew, 3032 Dr. De Gabriele Simon. Dermatologists named on the site are on the DERMATOLOGY (3391 Mercieca Liam) and DERMATO - VENEREOLOGY (3409 Padovese Valeska) lists. [board] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by name (surname stem and given name or initial; a second identifier where the name is ambiguous). Matched by name in the Medical Practitioners Principal List: 2726 Aquilina Duncan (01/07/2003), 3415 Borg Matthew (26/08/2011), 3032 De Gabriele Simon (17/07/2007). The clinic does not publish practitioner registration numbers. [council] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found: name, address and status match. Licenced Establishments, Clinic_Medical table: 'Persona, 42, Triq Sir Ugo Mifsud, Ta' Xbiex', licence holder Mr Oliver Scicluna. Name and address match the site. [facility] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability The legal entity and its registration number are published by the clinic and matched in the register. |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Partial, without issuers. |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty One or two soft superlatives or non-absolute safety promises. Two soft superlatives in the clinic's own copy; no outcome or safety guarantee found. [surgery] [site] At Persona you’ll find Malta’s leading & highly qualified plastic surgeons. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Single language front. Last attempt: clinic_site, 17 September 2026 — one language front; no hreflang alternates or language links The clinic site publishes one language front; nothing to compare. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-30 |
| M9 | Patient documents Two or three. Procedure pages publish risks and complications and an aftercare/recovery section; no consent document, revision policy or complaint route found. [procedure] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-30 |
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] [contact] |
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| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] [surgery] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] [surgery] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [team] |
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 Duncan Aquilina [team] [board] [council] | Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon | 2726 |
| Mr Matthew Borg [team] [board] [council] | Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon | 3415 |
| Mr Simon De Gabriele [team] [board] [council] | Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeon | 3032 |
| Dr Liam Mercieca [team] [board] [council] | Specialist in Dermatology | 3391 |
| Dr Valeska Padovese [team] [board] [council] | Dermatology and Venereology Consultant | 3409 |
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site] [surgery]
What we could not verify
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency — Single language front
These cells score nothing and are not negative findings. A cell on a register that is closed to machine queries is left out of the coverage calculation; the others count against it. Each one names why it is empty; an attempt that did not complete is re-run in the next collection pass. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://www.persona.com.mt/ |
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| Phone | +356 21 340 366 |
| Address | 42, Marina Court, Sir Ugo Mifsud Street, Ta' Xbiex XBX 1437 |
| City | Ta' Xbiex |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.persona.com.mt/ | clinic's own site | brand, treatment menu, surgeon list, weight-loss and hair-transplant services | 30 August 2026 |
| team | https://www.persona.com.mt/surgeons-doctors/ | clinic's own site | named physicians with roles and qualifications | 30 August 2026 |
| surgery | https://www.persona.com.mt/cosmetic-surgery/ | clinic's own site | surgical menu, superlative quote | 30 August 2026 |
| procedure | https://www.persona.com.mt/breast-augmentation/ | clinic's own site | risks, complications and aftercare/recovery text | 30 August 2026 |
| contact | https://www.persona.com.mt/contact/ | clinic's own site | address, phone | 30 August 2026 |
| terms | https://www.persona.com.mt/tc/ | clinic's own site | company name, company registration number, VAT number | 30 August 2026 |
| board | https://medicalcouncil.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mcsac24.11… | official register | Medical Council Specialist Accreditation Register; GET https://medicalcouncil.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mcsac24.11.2025.pdf then pdftotext -layout, sections PLASTIC SURGERY, DERMATOLOGY, DERMATO - VENEREOLOGY | 30 August 2026 |
| council | https://medicalcouncil.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mcdocsfull… | official register | Medical Register, Medical Practitioners Principal List; GET https://medicalcouncil.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mcdocsfull-1.pdf then pdftotext -layout, rows matched by surname and registration number | 30 August 2026 |
| facility | https://healthcarestandards.gov.mt/en/licenced-establishments/clinics/ | official register | Superintendence of Public Health Licenced Establishments; GET https://healthcarestandards.gov.mt/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get_csv_data&page=1&rows=500&search=&sort=&order=asc&table_name=Clinic_Medical | 30 August 2026 |
| company | https://api.baros.mbr.mt/api/queries/public/trigger/get_publications | official register | Malta Business Registry publications feed; POST https://api.baros.mbr.mt/api/queries/public/trigger/get_publications body {"data":{"publication_date":"2026-04-09"}} Origin: https://baros.mbr.mt, row 'C 75077 | PERSONA LIMITED | Annual Return' | 30 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 22 September 2026 | name: "Persona Med-Aesthetic Centre" → "ChicPersona" (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — owner ruling 60 — same address and physician: the card follows the current public name) |
| 30 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.