The Commons Health Committee highlighted that there was a 20-month delay between a safety alert being issued to surgeons over the potentially dangerous implants and the government taking action to contact affected women.
The government has been accused of dragging its feet over the PIP scandal. (PA) The government has been accused of dragging its feet over the PIP scandal. (PA)
Britain's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) knew the implants, which contain cheaper industrial-grade silicone and are more prone to rupturing, were 'substandard' in March 2010.
A report from the MPs said: '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 MHRA and the Department of Health also had a duty to raise public awareness.'
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It is now recommending that the 47,000 British women thought to have these implants receive a free operation to have them removed on the NHS.
Should those affected wish to have a replacement implant, the committee recommends this is done on a charged-for basis as part of the same procedure.
The report also criticised the regulator MHRA, which said it could not provide a concrete assurance that no more of the PIP implants were used after March 2010.
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