A government review into the PIP breast implant scandal has said that both the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the Department of Health acted appropriately at the time of the health scare, though it warned that decisive action would be needed to prevent similar incidents in the future.
The implants, which were banned in France in 2010, were found to contain industrial grade silicone gel rather than medical grade and this increased the chance of them rupturing. Though the French government recommended their removal, the MHRA said this was not necessary as...
A committee of MPs has heavily criticised regulators and private cosmetic clinics for the time they took to warn clients that their PIP breast implants were of a poor standard.
The Commons health select committee said that about 40,000 women in the UK have the controversial implants and had to wait almost two years before they found out that they contained industrial grade silicone, which was intended for mattresses. They felt that the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) should have done more than simply notify the clinics, who often failed to pass on the...
Recent cases have highlighted the potential dangers of using hair dyes and the matter is due to come before MPs just prior to them adjourning for their Christmas holidays with two parliamentary questions being tabled which are due to come before the House of Commons on Monday, calling for a chemical, often used in hair dyes, to be banned.
The case of Julie McCabe from Yorkshire made the headlines during 2011 as she was left in a coma, on a life support machine, where she remains, after colouring her hair with a home dye kit as she had done regularly in the past. Her family are convinced that...
