Press Association Around 40,000 women in the UK received implants manufactured by the French company Poly Implant Prothese. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images A woman who was given PIP breast implants that ruptured has recouped
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Reuters Jean-Claude Mas holds a PIP breast implant. Photograph: Eric Estrade/AFP/Getty Images Jean-Claude Mas, the Frenchman who sparked a global health scare by selling substandard breast implants, has been jailed after not paying his
Naomi Wolf A breast implant produced by the French company PIP (Poly Implant Prothèse). Photograph: Sebastien Nogier/AFP/Getty Images I have heard, in my life, many implausible statements from government officials, but never have I
Naomi Wolf A breast implant produced by the French company PIP (Poly Implant Prothèse). Photograph: Sebastien Nogier/AFP/Getty Images I have heard, in my life, many implausible statements from government officials, but never have I
Press Association Protesters march down Harley Street to call for private clinics to replace PIP breast implants without charge. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Around 60 women marched to Harley Street on Saturday calling for private
Denis Campbell, health correspondent Tracey Gale, a 42-year-old legal secretary from Torquay, won £12,000 damages after undergoing breast enlargement surgery with the Transform cosmetic surgery group. Photograph: SWNS.com Cosmetic treatments advertised in magazines and
Daniel Boffey, policy editor A PIP implant removed after surgery in a clinic in Nice. Lansley says private clinics are expected pay for PIP implants to be removed. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters Andrew Lansley, the
Sarah Boseley and Kim Willsher Breast implants should be removed for free on the NHS if women are concerned, the government has said. Photograph: Durand Florence/SIPA/Rex Features Women who are concerned about breast implants
Rebecca Smithers 50,000 women in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer every year and 43% of those have a breast removed surgically. Photograph: Mauro Fermariello/Getty Images/Science Photo Library RM To read some of
On 23 December, I was concerned to hear Andrew Lansley making bland assurances about the issues of risk from Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants (Report, 24 January). What
