Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the date PIP implants were reintroduced to the UK.

Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) breast implants have not been re-introduced to the UK market, since their withdrawal in 2010. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) which regulates medical devices such as breast implants, is working towards implementing a future regulatory regime as outlined in the Government response to the public consultation on the future Medical Device Regulations, published on the 26 of June 2022. The future regime will enhance the MHRA’s proactive patient safety monitoring of devices, enabling earlier identification of safety issues. The future regulations will also look to enhance pre-market requirements, ensuring medical devices receive increased risk-proportionate scrutiny before they reach the market.

The Government remains committed to protecting patient safety and women’s health.