How To Choose A PRP Training Course. Ten Questions To Ask
PRP training in the UK ranges from a few hundred pounds for a group day to well over ten thousand for a fellowship, and the certificates look broadly similar. What differs is whether you leave able to treat competently and get insured. Ten questions separate the two, and the most revealing is what standard the provider’s own clinicians must meet before they are allowed to treat a patient.
Key points
The certificate is not the product. Whether your indemnity provider will cover you afterwards is the product.
Insurers require both theoretical and practical training taught by a registered medical professional, plus your own professional registration.
Live models, small cohorts, an assessment you can fail and an honest account of what you cannot do afterwards are the markers of a serious course.
At The London PRP Clinic by The Wellness no clinician treats a patient until they have completed 100 supervised treatments. That is the standard our teaching is built around.
Applications to the Academy go to concierge@thelondonprpclinic.com.
Question one. Who is teaching, and are they medically registered
Ask for the trainer’s name and registration, not the academy’s brand. This is not snobbery, it is the single requirement that determines whether you can insure your practice afterwards. Leading UK aesthetic insurers will cover PRP only where the training was taught by a registered medical professional, and they state that this applies regardless of whether the course carries a CPD logo.
Ask also whether the trainer actively performs PRP in clinical practice or teaches for a living. Someone running a busy PRP list every week will teach you what goes wrong on a Tuesday afternoon, which is the knowledge that matters. A trainer who has not treated a patient in two years will teach you the demonstration version.
Question two. Will there be live models, or a mannequin
A surprising number of courses expect you either to inject a silicone pad or to bring your own model, which quietly transfers the hardest logistical problem to you. Providing vetted live models is expensive, requires consent, screening and clinical governance, and is one of the clearest signals that a provider is serious.
Ask specifically how many supervised live cases you will personally perform, not how many you will observe. Observation is not practice. The answer should be a number, and if the provider cannot give you one, that is your answer.
Question three. What is the cohort size
Ratio determines how much of the day is actually yours. A group of twelve sharing one trainer means a great deal of watching. Small cohorts cost the provider more per delegate and are the reason serious courses are priced above the commodity end of the market.
For ultrasound-guided work the ratio matters even more, since delegates need genuine time on the machine rather than a turn at the end of a queue.
Want to know our cohort sizes? Email concierge@thelondonprpclinic.com.
Question four. Is there an assessment you can fail
This is the question that unsettles weaker providers. If the certificate is issued for attending, it certifies attendance and nothing more. A certificate of completion or competency, awarded after an assessment, is what insurers and standards bodies actually value.
At the Academy you complete online theory and pass a written exam before you attend. It changes the practical day entirely, because nobody is learning centrifugation science with a needle in their hand, and it means the certificate reflects something.
Question five. Do they tell you what you cannot do afterwards
An honest provider is explicit about the limits of the training, and this is where ultrasound-guided joint PRP separates the credible from the careless. Diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound competence is benchmarked at roughly 250 to 300 scans, and university programmes typically require logbooks of 15 to 35 supervised guided injections before sign-off.
Any course implying you will be independently competent in ultrasound-guided joint injection after a day or two is misleading you, and that is a poor foundation for a relationship with a training provider. Our Fellowship gives a thorough supervised grounding and a mapped pathway to logged competence under local governance, and we say so on the page rather than in the small print.
Question six. Will your insurer accept it
Ask the provider directly which indemnity providers accept their training and whether they hold recognition with any insurer scheme. Then ask your own indemnity provider before you book. This takes one email and prevents the most expensive mistake in this market, which is paying for training you cannot use.
Ask too whether the trainer’s own indemnity covers training activity, which is a requirement for insurer recognised-course schemes and a fair question about their governance.
Question seven. What do you actually leave with
Compare inclusions rather than headline prices, because they vary enormously. A serious programme should include the theory and assessment, all consumables, live models, a certificate tied to a case logbook, consent and aftercare templates, and guidance on indemnity and consumables. Higher tiers may include a starter kit, protocols and mentorship.
A starter kit is worth real money and gets you earning immediately rather than after a procurement exercise. Ask what is included, what is extra, and what you will need to buy in week one.
Question eight. Do they teach the business, or only the needle
Most courses teach the procedure and stop, which is why so many trained clinicians never build a service worth having. Pricing, packaging, consent, patient pathways, compliant marketing, recall and the unit economics of a PRP list are what turn a skill into income.
We teach this as a dedicated classroom day, the PRP Clinic Business School Intensive, included with the Practitioner Programme and the Fellowship or available on its own at £1,950. Plenty of providers teach the injection. Very few teach the business, and it is usually where the return on the whole investment is won or lost.
Want the business module included? Email concierge@thelondonprpclinic.com with your CV.
Question nine. What happens after the course
Competence is built after the training day, not on it, so ask what support exists. Mentorship, case review, a route to ask questions when your third patient does not look like the demonstration, and refresher access all matter more than the day itself.
Ask whether you can contact the trainer directly, and for how long. A provider confident in their teaching will stay available, because their graduates are their reputation.
Question ten. What standard do their own clinicians meet
Save this one for last, because the answer tells you everything about how seriously a provider takes competence. Ask what a clinician must complete before they are allowed to treat a patient at the provider’s own clinic.
At The London PRP Clinic by The Wellness the answer is 100 supervised treatments. Not a certificate, not a weekend. One hundred. We teach to the standard we hire to, which is why our teaching emphasises repetition, technique and judgement rather than a tour of the theory. If a provider trains you to a standard lower than the one they apply to their own staff, you should want to know why.
What this means if you are a patient
If you are reading this while choosing where to have PRP rather than where to train, the ten questions convert neatly. The clinician treating you should be medically registered, trained on live cases under supervision, assessed rather than merely certified, and working within a clinic honest about what treatment can and cannot achieve.
At our clinic every treatment is performed by GMC-registered doctors, and no clinician treats a patient until they have completed 100 supervised treatments. We report an 87 percent patient success rate, a 32 percent average density increase in hair restoration, and more than 187 five-star reviews.
If you are a patient, message us on WhatsApp or email team@thewellnesslondon.com.
How the Academy answers all ten
We publish our answers rather than making you extract them. Training is delivered by GMC-registered doctors who treat weekly. We provide vetted live models. Cohorts are small and selective. You pass a written exam before attending. We state the limits of the Fellowship openly. Our programmes are built to the standard insurers require, with a certificate of completion tied to a case logbook, and we are pursuing CPD accreditation. Programmes run from £1,495 for Foundations to £11,950 for the Fellowship, with the Practitioner Programme at £4,250 including the business intensive and a starter kit.
Admission is by application, and we verify your registration before confirming a place. That friction is deliberate, because the standard of every cohort depends on who is in it.
Take the first step. Email your CV and a short note to concierge@thelondonprpclinic.com.
Frequently asked questions about choosing a PRP course
What should I look for in a PRP training course?
A medically registered trainer who still treats patients, vetted live models, small cohorts, an assessment you can fail, honesty about limits, insurer acceptance, meaningful inclusions, business teaching, post-course support, and a provider whose own clinicians meet a high internal standard.
Does a CPD logo mean a course is good?
Not on its own. Insurers require training taught by a registered medical professional regardless of whether a course is CPD approved, so who teaches it matters more than the badge.
How many live cases should I perform on a PRP course?
Ask for a number of cases you will personally perform rather than observe. Observation is not practice, and a provider unable to give a figure is telling you something.
Can one course make me competent in ultrasound-guided joint PRP?
No. Diagnostic competence is benchmarked at roughly 250 to 300 scans and sign-off typically requires 15 to 35 supervised guided injections. Any course claiming otherwise is misleading you.
Why are some PRP courses so much cheaper?
Usually because they use mannequins or ask you to bring a model, run large cohorts, do not assess you, and do not include kit, protocols or business teaching. The certificate looks similar, the outcome is not.
How do I apply to the Academy?
Email your CV and a short note on why you want to train with us to concierge@thelondonprpclinic.com. We verify your registration before confirming a place.
This article is for information and does not constitute legal, insurance or professional advice. Insurer and regulatory requirements change, so confirm current requirements directly with your indemnity provider. Reviewed by The London PRP Clinic by The Wellness. Last updated July 2026.
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