Question follow-through · 98548

Breasts: Plastic Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the research programmes that are underway on the safety of breast implants.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
11 Dec 2025
Answer
17 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the research programmes that are underway on the safety of breast implants.

  2. 11 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is not currently funding any specific research into the safety of breast implants but welcomes funding applications for research into any aspe...

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