Recommendation 1

The PIP implant scandal exposed failures that continue to affect women more than a decade later. Official assurances that PIP implants pose no health risks appear to be based on limited long-term research and underplay the mental health impacts on women of having a substandard product inside them. Many women report enduring physical and psychological harm, compounded by inadequate follow-up and dismissal of symptoms. Shortcomings on data collection and recording mean that the NHS does not know who received PIP implants and many women may not be aware they have them. The need for further research and improved data collection on implantation must be addressed. (Conclusion, Paragraph 18)