Saint James Hospital — Cosmetic Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 81.7/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #2 of 11 ranked clinics · last checked 30 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Cosmetic-surgery department of a private hospital group whose Sliema site is St James Capua Hospital. The menu covers abdominoplasty, breast surgery, liposuction, rhinoplasty, otoplasty, blepharoplasty and body contouring, alongside a weight-management and bariatric service. The hospital publishes a consultant timetable naming five plastic surgeons who are all entered in the Medical Council's Specialist Accreditation Register under plastic surgery, the premises are in the Superintendence of Public Health register of licensed private hospitals, and the group's companies and their registration numbers are published in the site's privacy policy.
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. Specialist Accreditation Register, PLASTIC SURGERY list: 1801 Mr. Briffa Joseph E., 2184 Mr. Debono Raymond, 3394 Ms Parnis Juanita, 2974 Dr. Rodrigues Raina, 1675 Mr. Darmanin Francis X. — all five surgeons the hospital's timetable lists under plastic surgery. [board] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. Consultants named with specialty, clinic day and site in the hospital's own doctor timetable on the cosmetic-surgery page. [cosmetic] |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by name. Matched by name in the Medical Practitioners Principal List: 1801 Briffa Joseph E., 2184 Debono Raymond, 3394 Parnis Juanita, 1675 Darmanin Francis X. Rodrigues Raina was not matched in that list under this spelling and no conclusion is drawn from that. The hospital does not publish practitioner registration numbers. [council] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found: name, address and status match. Licenced Establishments, Private_Hospitals table: 'St James Capua Hospital, Triq Ġorġ Borg Olivier, Tas-Sliema'; the group's Zejtun site appears as 'St James Hospital Żejtun, 3, Triq Tal-Ħotba, Iż-Żejtun'. Name and address match the site. [facility] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Legal entity and registration number published and matched in the register. The privacy policy publishes 'Saint James Operations Limited (C 93172), Saint James Eye Clinic Limited (C 16494), Planet Health Limited (C 56885) and Medical Laboratory Services Limited (C17197)'; C 93172 SAINT JAMES OPERATIONS LIMITED and C 16494 SAINT JAMES EYE CLINIC LTD. are present in the Malta Business Registry publications feed. [privacy] [company] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Partial, without issuers. Company registration numbers for the group's companies are published in the privacy policy; no practitioner registration numbers and no facility licence number appear on the site. [privacy] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Systematic superlatives without guarantees. Several superlatives run through the hospital's own home page and page titles; no outcome or safety guarantee found. [site] The leading name in private healthcare in Malta. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Single English-language front; no second language front to compare. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-30 |
| M9 | Patient documents Two or three. The cosmetic-surgery page states that possible risks, complications and follow-up care are explained before surgery; no consent document, revision policy or complaint route found. [cosmetic] |
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 [cosmetic] [privacy] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [cosmetic] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [cosmetic] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [cosmetic] |
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 Joseph Briffa [cosmetic] [board] [council] | Plastic surgery consultant, Sliema clinic | 1801 |
| Mr Raymond Debono [cosmetic] [board] [council] | Plastic surgery consultant, Sliema clinic | 2184 |
| Ms Juanita Parnis [cosmetic] [board] [council] | Plastic surgery consultant, Sliema and Zejtun clinics | 3394 |
| Dr Raina Rodrigues [cosmetic] [board] | Plastic surgery consultant, Sliema clinic | not published |
| Mr Francis X. Darmanin [cosmetic] [board] [council] | Plastic surgery consultant, Zejtun clinic | 1675 |
Legal entity: Saint James Operations Limited · C 93172 [privacy] [company]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: aesthetic in general clinic (focus adjustment -2) [site] [cosmetic]
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://stjameshospital.com/departments/cosmetic-surgery/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +356 2329 1000 |
| Address | St James Capua Hospital, George Borg Olivier Street, Sliema SLM 1807 |
| City | Sliema |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://stjameshospital.com/ | clinic's own site | hospital group, superlative quote | 30 August 2026 |
| cosmetic | https://stjameshospital.com/departments/cosmetic-surgery/ | clinic's own site | cosmetic-surgery menu, consultant timetable with names and specialties, risks and follow-up text | 30 August 2026 |
| privacy | https://stjameshospital.com/privacy-policy/ | clinic's own site | group companies with registration numbers, correspondence address | 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, section PLASTIC SURGERY | 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 | 30 August 2026 |
| facility | https://healthcarestandards.gov.mt/en/licenced-establishments/hospi… | 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=Private_Hospitals | 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 Origin: https://baros.mbr.mt, rows 'C 93172 | SAINT JAMES OPERATIONS LIMITED | Annual Accounts' and 'C 16494 | SAINT JAMES EYE CLINIC LTD. | Annual Return' | 30 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 30 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
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