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Hugh James > Services > Services to Individuals > Personal Injury Compensation > Harmful Products > PIP Breast Implants > News archive

PIP Breast Implants news archive

May 2012

• Surgeons told watchdog about PIP breast implant fears SIX years ago
  Daily Mail 15 | 05 | 12
  
• Mark Harvey responds to review into PIP breast implant scandal led by Health Minister Lord Howe
  14 | 05 | 12
• MHRA statement on Earl Howe review 
  MHRA 14 | 05 | 12
  
• Review into PiP implant scandal published
  Department of Health 14 | 05 | 12
  

March 2012

• 7,000 MORE British women than previously thought have faulty breast implants, Government warns
  Daily Mail 16 | 03 | 12
  
• PIP implants: 7,000 more women fitted pre-2001
  BBC News 15 | 03 | 12
• PIP breast implants manufactured prior to January 2001 are now the subject of Medical Device Alert
  Hugh James news release 15 | 03 | 12
• Group Litigation Order approved for PIP breast implant claims with Hugh James appointed as lead solicitor
  Hugh James news release 14 | 03 | 12
  
• Boss at centre of PIP breast implant scandal jailed for failing to pay bail
  Daily Mail 07 | 03 | 12
  

February 2012

• Breast implant NHS referrals issued to 2,860 women
  The Guardian 17 | 02 | 12
• PIP implants: Over 2,800 referred for NHS care
  BBC News 17 | 02 | 12

January 2012

• Breast implant scandal: waive legal rights, clinic demands
  The Telegraph 27 | 01 | 12
  
• PIP breast implant boss Jean-Claude Mas faces charges
  BBC News 27 | 01 | 12
• Mark Harvey speaks to Radio 4 about PIP failure [time frame 21.49min - 22.45min]
  20 | 01 | 12
  

• PIP breast implant scandal continues to be debated
  Hugh James news release 19 | 01 | 12
  

• Andrew Lansley calls for clinics to take action for PIP failure
  Hugh James news release 17 | 01 | 12

• Welsh law firm leads bid for compensation for PIP breast implant victims
  WalesOnline 15 | 01 | 12
  

• Welsh law firm seeking compensation for women affected by French PIP implant scandal
  Topnews 15 | 01 | 12
  

• Breast implants scandal: clinics have 'legal duty'
  The Telegraph 12 | 01 | 12
  

• Leeds woman has controversial PIP breast implants removed
  Yorkshire Evening Post 12 | 01 | 12
  
• UK Government confirm that NHS will remove but not replace private PIP Breast Implants
  Hugh James news release 11 | 01 | 12
  
• Andrew Lansley under pressure to offer replacement breast implants on NHS
  The Telegraph 11 | 01 | 12
  
• The NHS in Wales to replace PIP implants for private patients
  Hugh James news release 11 | 01 | 12 
• Wales offers to replace banned PIP breast implants on NHS
  Wales Online 10 | 01 | 12
• Breast implant scandal: Lansley and private clinics clash over free treatment
  The Guardian 07 | 01 | 12
• NHS to offer 3,000 British women implant replacement following scare but private patients are told not to worry
  Daily Mail 07 | 01 | 12
• Poly Implant Prostheses (PIP) Breast Implants: Interim report of the expert group
  (pdf) Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director
  
• Government reiterates that women with PIP breast implants do not need to have their implants removed
  Hugh James news release 06 | 01 | 12
  
• Department of Health statement on breast implants and response to expert group report
  Department of Health 06 | 01 | 12
• Removal as Precautionary Measure
  The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons 06 | 01 | 12
• Breast Implants Scandal
  ITV Wales Tonight 06 | 01 | 12
• Welsh NHS to remove breast implants 'on need'
  BBC News 06 | 01 | 12
• British Clarification on Implant Scandal Leaves Women Only More Confused
  The New York Times 06 | 01 | 12
• Private firms should pay for breast implant removals like NHS, says Andrew Lansley
  The Telegraph 06 | 01 | 12
• Medical devices and Chinese toys share same level of safety checks
  The Guardian 06 | 01 | 12
• PIP breast implants: review to give findings
  BBC News 06 | 01 | 12
• Hugh James PIP breast implant clients await the Government's announcement
  Hugh James news release 06 | 01 | 12
  
• French publication warns that PIP also manufactured male implants
  Hugh James news release 06 | 01 | 12
  
• British women may be at risk from PIP implants sold under a different name
  Hugh James news release 06 | 01 | 12
  
• Hugh James Partner Mark Harvey criticises the lack of clarity and support provided to women with PIP breast implants
  Hugh James news release 04 | 01 | 12
  
• 'They wanted £50 to give me a copy of my record': Clinics cash in on fears of women in breast implant crisis
  Daily Mail 03 | 01 | 12
  
• Cardiff solicitor on faulty implant case
  BBC News 03 | 01 | 12
• Fuel additive in banned PIP breast implants 
  BBC News 02 | 01 | 12

 

December 2011

• Former French butcher earned millions from selling faulty breast implants made from mattress filling
  Daily Mail 31 | 12 | 11
  
• Breast implants scandal: Andrew Lansley orders new review of dangers
  The Guardian 31 | 12 | 11
  
• Solicitor welcomes French advice on PIP breast implants but states ‘no need’ for British women to have them removed
  Wales Online 24 | 12 | 11
  
• Reaction to latest developments on PIP implants
  Hugh James news release 23 | 12 | 11
  
• France advises women to get risky breast implants removed
  The Sun 23 | 12 | 11
  
• French breast implant fears spread around world
  Reuters 23 | 12 | 11
• Lawyer blames UK regulator for allowing faulty French breast implants
  The Guardian 22 | 12 | 11
  
• Implants row lawyers slam regulator
  Shropshire Star 22 | 12 | 11
• More than 250 women to sue clinics over PIP breast implants
  TheFamilyGP 22 | 12 | 11
• Hugh James Partner Mark Harvey appears on UK and French news to comment on the PIP Breast Implant reports
  Hugh James news release 22 | 12 | 11
  
• At least 250 women to sue British clinics over silicone breast implants involved in cancer scare
  Daily Mail 22 | 12 | 11
  
• Interpol warrant for implants boss
  Belfast Telegraph 22 | 12 | 11
• France ponders removing risky breast implants
  Associated Press 22 | 12 | 11
  
• British women begin legal action over defective breast implants
  The Independent 22 | 12 | 11
  
• 250 women plan legal action over breast implants cancer fears
  Mirror 22 | 12 | 11
  
• Women told not to panic over breast implants
  Wales Online 22 | 12 | 11
  
• The MHRA react to the French Authorities' advice that all PIP implants should be removed
  Hugh James news release 22 | 12 | 11
• British women to sue over French breast implants
  France 24 21 | 12 | 11
  
• Implants solicitor demands clarity over PIP implants 
  BBC News 21 | 12 | 11 
• Breast implants 'have no cancer link' says UK watchdog
  BBC News 21 | 12 | 11
  
• French Medical Authorities to ask 30,000 women to remove their PIP implants
  Hugh James news release 20 | 12 | 11
  
• New recommendations published for PIP breast implant patients
  Hugh James news release 15 | 12 | 11
  

April 2011

• AFSSAPS release PIP breast implant test results
  Hugh James news release 15 | 04 | 11

February 2011

• Recalled PIP Breast implants ‘rebranded’ and sold as M-Implants
  Hugh James news release 25 | 02 | 11

 

October 2010 

• Hugh James PIP breast implant client discusses her problems on ITV1’s ‘This Morning’
  Hugh James news release 07 | 10 | 10
  

 

September 2010 

• MHRA and BAAPS release press statements on PIP breast implants
  Hugh James news release 30 | 09 | 10
  
• Licensing authorities confirm that PIP implants are more prone to rupture
  Hugh James news release 28 | 09 | 10
  
• HJ Partner urges ladies who have suffered as a resulf of PIP implants to report to MHRA
  Hugh James news release 27 | 09 | 10
  
• The Sun reports on Hugh James PIP breast implant claims
  Hugh James news release 23 | 09 | 10
  
• MHRA annouce that PIP breast implants are not a health risk
  Hugh James news release 06 | 09 | 10
  
• Western Mail reports on Hugh James Partner's call for the MHRA to speed up their testing on PIP implants
  Hugh James news release 07 | 09 | 10
  

 

August 2010

• Hugh James warns PIP Claimants of preserving explanted prostheses
  Hugh James news release 31 | 08 | 10
• Solicitor calls for stricter controls over breast implants
  Western Mail
  30 | 08 | 10 
  

July 2010

• Unsafe medical devices allowed into the UK
  Hugh James news release 14 | 07 | 10
  
• Cancer tests ordered on breast implant gel
  Sunday Express
  11 | 07 | 10
• Latest developments on PIP implant controversy
  

  The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)
  09 | 07 | 10

 

June 2010

• PIP Breast Implants warning continued
  Hugh James news release 22 | 06 | 10
• Breast implants 'need checking'
  BBC News
  18 | 06 | 10
• New UK guidance on controversial French implants
  The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)
  18 | 06 | 10
  

 

April 2010  

• PIP Breast Implants warning
  Hugh James news release 08 | 04 | 10
  

 

March 2010

• MHRA Medical device alert: PIP Breast Implants
  Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
  31 | 03 | 10