Plastic Surgery Queensland
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 74.2/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #22 of 23 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
- Specialist-led
74.2/100
coverage 95% (threshold 75%)
Summary
Multi-surgeon plastic-surgery group practice with consulting rooms in South Brisbane. Three named specialist plastic surgeons practise from the Brisbane location; the responsible surgeon’s medical and specialist registration in plastic surgery is matched in the national register of practitioners; legal entity matched by name and address in the business register, and a named operating hospital matched in the state facility register.
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. Ahpra register record for Dr Theo Francis Birch (MED0001299892): registration status Registered, specialist registration Surgery / Plastic surgery — the specialty the practice advertises. [ahpra] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-09-20 | |
| 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 the licence number the clinic itself publishes. Matched by registration number MED0001299892 in the Ahpra Register of practitioners; one direct match, registration status Registered, first registered 15/12/2006. [ahpra] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found: name, address and status match. The practice’s own FAQ names Kawana Private Hospital and Noosa Private Hospital as the operating venues of Dr Theo Birch; Kawana Private Hospital is matched by name and address (Suite 14, Level 1, 5 Innovation Parkway, Birtinya QLD 4575) in Queensland Health’s Licenced Facilities List. [site-faq] [qldfac] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Only a brand, without a legal form and without a responsible person. Whatever we find ourselves is shown on the profile as a fact and does not raise this cell. Business register: The Trustee for Plastic Surgery Queensland Trust, ABN active from 2018, registered address matches the clinic’s South Brisbane postcode. [v1.3 2026-09-22: the clinic publishes neither the number nor the legal entity (audit not_published, entity name not found on the clinic pages; the entity was found by us — shown as a fact)] [abr] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-22 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. No physician registration, facility or legal-entity numbers published on the clinic site. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Systematic superlatives; systematic safety promises without an absolute; absolutes about the past (success rates, “no infection since …”, satisfaction figures, “we guarantee your satisfaction”); comparisons with surgery. Lexicon scan of 12 pages (home, /about/, /team/ and six surgeon pages, /locations/, /contact/, /frequently-asked-questions/). The site-wide description quoted here, a hair-restoration page describing the device as the premier solution of its kind, a laser page describing the device as award-winning, and several surgeon pages promising the best possible outcome — a recurring pattern of superlatives with no issuer named. No outcome or safety guarantee anywhere; the footer carries a risks statement referring to the National Law and Ahpra guidelines. [site] [site-team] [site-birch] [site-faq] Plastic Surgery Queensland is home to a team of leading plastic surgeons who provide a wide range of cosmetic and surgical procedures. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-09-20 | |
| 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 | 2026-09-20 |
| M9 | Patient documents Two or three. Risk information and post-operative/recovery guidance published; no dedicated informed-consent, revision-policy or complaint-route page found. [site] [site-brisbane] |
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] |
|---|---|
| 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-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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Theo Birch [site-birch] [asps-birch] | Specialist plastic & reconstructive surgeon | MED0001299892 |
| Dr Andrew Hadj [site-hadj] [asps-hadj] | Specialist plastic & reconstructive surgeon | MED0001205402 |
| Dr Luke Watson [site-watson] [asps-watson] | Specialist plastic & reconstructive surgeon | MED0001792571 |
Legal entity: The Trustee for Plastic Surgery Queensland Trust · ABN 37 261 104 436 [abr]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
Secondary findings (not scored)
What a professional society, an international directory, a hospital page or another jurisdiction’s register says, shown for information where the country’s own register is closed. These facts enter neither the score nor the coverage.
- M5 · Legal-entity traceability SECCompany register entry found for The Trustee for Plastic Surgery Queensland Trust (ABN 37 261 104 436); the clinic's own surface names neither the entity nor the number.[abr]
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://plasticsurgeryqueensland.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | (07) 3844 6069 |
| Address | Suite 2.02, 550 Stanley Street, Mater Private Clinic, South Brisbane QLD 4101 |
| City | Brisbane |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://plasticsurgeryqueensland.com/ | clinic's own site | clinic overview, locations, procedures menu | 30 August 2026 |
| site-brisbane | https://plasticsurgeryqueensland.com/plastic-surgery-brisbane/ | clinic's own site | Brisbane address, phone, email | 30 August 2026 |
| site-team | https://plasticsurgeryqueensland.com/team/ | clinic's own site | team roster with location tags | 30 August 2026 |
| site-birch | https://plasticsurgeryqueensland.com/team/dr-theo-birch/ | clinic's own site | Dr Theo Birch bio, role, hospital training | 30 August 2026 |
| site-hadj | https://plasticsurgeryqueensland.com/team/dr-andrew-hadj/ | clinic's own site | Dr Andrew Hadj bio, role | 30 August 2026 |
| site-watson | https://plasticsurgeryqueensland.com/team/dr-luke-watson/ | clinic's own site | Dr Luke Watson bio, role | 30 August 2026 |
| site-surgical | https://plasticsurgeryqueensland.com/surgical-procedures/ | clinic's own site | surgical procedure menu (rhinoplasty, liposuction, hair transplant) | 30 August 2026 |
| site-cosmetic | https://plasticsurgeryqueensland.com/cosmetic-surgery/ | clinic's own site | advertising-term compliance notice (dermal filler / injectables not named) | 30 August 2026 |
| asps-birch | https://plasticsurgery.org.au/surgeon/dr-theo-birch/ | secondary | ASPS member page: AHPRA ID, "Specialist Plastic Surgeon" wording | 30 August 2026 |
| asps-hadj | https://plasticsurgery.org.au/surgeon/dr-andrew-hadj/ | secondary | ASPS member page: AHPRA ID, "Specialist Plastic Surgeon" wording | 30 August 2026 |
| asps-watson | https://plasticsurgery.org.au/surgeon/dr-luke-watson/ | secondary | ASPS member page: AHPRA ID, "Specialist Plastic Surgeon" wording | 30 August 2026 |
| abr | https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=37261104436 | official register | ABN Lookup record: The Trustee for Plastic Surgery Queensland Trust, ABN 37 261 104 436, active from 08 Aug 2018, QLD 4101 | 30 August 2026 |
| oho | https://www.oho.qld.gov.au/public/protective-orders | official register | Queensland Office of the Health Ombudsman public orders register — searched for Birch, Hadj, Watson, no match | 30 August 2026 |
| ahpra | https://www.ahpra.gov.au/registration/registers-of-practitioners.aspx | official register | Register of practitioners, searched by registration number (form field name-reg = MED0001299892, then the record view): Dr Theo Francis Birch, Medical Practitioner, registration number MED0001299892, registration status Registered, conditions / undertakings / reprimands None, date of first registration 15/12/2006, specialist registration Surgery / Plastic surgery | 20 September 2026 |
| qldfac | https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0033/443994/pr… | official register | Queensland Health Licenced Facilities List, 19 August 2026 (organisation name, office address, website, phone) | 20 September 2026 |
| site-faq | https://plasticsurgeryqueensland.com/frequently-asked-questions/ | clinic's own site | operating hospitals named per surgeon | 20 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 22 September 2026 | axes.M5: 5 → 2 (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — § F rule 6 — the clinic publishes neither the number nor the legal entity (audit not_published, entity name not found on the clinic pages; the entity was found by us — shown as a fact)) |
| 20 September 2026 | summary: null → null (Summary re-worded: the specialist claim is now carried by the national register of practitioners, not by a society directory.) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M7: null → 3 (Re-run of the advertising-honesty lexicon scan on the clinic’s own pages (v1.2 loop pass 1).) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M4: null → 5 (Re-run against the state private-health-facility licence registers (v1.2 loop pass 1).) |
| 20 September 2026 | facts: "M1 secondary finding (society directory)" → null (The specialist register is reachable and M1 is scored from it; the card fact recorded under the closed-register rule no longer applies.) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M3: null → 5 (Re-run against the Ahpra Register of practitioners (v1.2 loop pass 1): placeholder retry replaced by a live lookup on the registration number.) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M1: null → 5 (Re-run against the Ahpra Register of practitioners (v1.2 loop pass 1): the register answers a plain form POST to a short tool user agent, so M1 is scored from the official register.) |
| 18 September 2026 | axes.M1: 2 → null (Methodology v1.2 (owner ruling 2026-09-18): M1 is not scored where the country's specialist register is closed; the secondary finding moved to facts[]) |
| 30 August 2026 | axes.M7: 4 → null (Citation re-check: quote not found at https://plasticsurgeryqueensland.com/surgical-procedures/ (quote not found); cell degraded to could-not-verify.) |
| 30 August 2026 | Initial publication; every citation and the clinic site re-checked on this date. |
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.