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Breasts: Plastic Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have been affected by faulty PIP breast implants in Truro and Falmouth constituency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
22 Jan 2026
Answer
26 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have been affected by faulty PIP breast implants in Truro and Falmouth constituency.

  2. 22 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry (BCIR), set up in 2016, collects all implant data, and explant data where possible.Practically, it is always difficult and often impossible to identify a model and product code on an explant. If explanted devices, ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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