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PIP implant response criticised

Action by the Government and a health regulator to communicate with women over the PIP breast implants scandal was "inadequate", MPs said today.

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'Inadequate' response to PIP scandal

A Commons Health Committee report said the communication from the government and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency was "inadequate".

The action taken to communicate with affected women after March 2010 was inadequate.

The Committee recognises that private clinics had a duty to contact their patients directly, but the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the Department of Health also had a duty to raise public awareness."

– Commons Health Committee report
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