Tuesday 31 December 2013

PIP PUBLIC CONSULTATION

PUBLIC CONSULTATION on the preliminary opinion on the 'safety' of Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) Silicone Breast Implants (2013 update)


The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the above-mentioned preliminary opinion following the Stakeholder Dialogue Procedures (Annex IV to the Rules of Procedurespdf) of the Scientific Committees.

Submission of comments
All interested parties are invited to submit their comments and proposals on the preliminary opinion to the following website.
The deadline for submission of comments is 3 January 2014.

NOTA BENE:
1. In line with the transparency principle outlined in the Rules of Procedurespdf of the Scientific Committees, all submissions and the names of the submitters in response to this public consultation may be made available to the general public via SANCO's website.
2. Only comments submitted in accordance with the Rules of Procedurespdf (Annex IV) will be taken into account.

Tuesday 3 September 2013

Join the CQC Complaint Call-in

British women have been told by the CQC they have not received any complaints about HMG.  We were surprised.  If you have already made a CQC complaint, we would love to hear from you.  If not, we urge you to call-in to the CQC with your complaint today.

Here are all the details you need:

 


















Feel free to join the CQC Call-in event on Facebook

Wednesday 14 August 2013

PIP Implant Analysis

British 'experts' advising the government do not consider further testing necessary on fraudulent PIP implants 



For some unexplained motive, the health authorities in Britain have taken the view that nothing can be gained by conducting further testing on fraudulent PIP implants. Yet physicians, surgeons, independent experts and victims, particularly those reporting immune system, neurological and toxicity illness still want answers!
"We hope that as more facts about PIP Implants emerge,  there will be a greater level of understanding of our symptoms and a better standard of care and treatment from the medical professionals treating us."


If you have explanted PIP implants and you wish to participate in and contribute to studies on PIP implants, you will find all the details you need here!

There are two forms to complete.  The first is the PIP Implant Analysis form which you see below and can be completed online, the second is the Symptom Survey which you can download here:
http://pipactioncampaign.org/Symptom%20Survey%20web.pdf 

PIP Implants can be sent for analysis regardless of where you are in the world.  Regrettably as many as half a million women and their families have been affected globally by the PIP implant fraud.

Participating in studies on PIP implants will not provide all the answers but it gives all of us hope that more will be learned about the effects of contaminated silicones on our bodies for the future.

Dr Beretta, the senior chemist undertaking the analyses at Milan University, talks about his preliminary findings in some detail on PIP Action Campaign's social networking and Facebook pages.  Please feel free to join in the discussions and to learn more about PIP Implant Analysis at our Facebook Group:

Request to join the PIP Action Campaign group on Facebook or find us on the web at PIP Action Campaign and at PIPSLEAK


Send the completed Symptom Survey with your implants to the laboratory at Milan University at the address that you can find at the end of the PIP Implant Analysis form below.  

Saturday 6 July 2013

Get Your Serial Numbers OUT!

Some women still do not know they have fraudulent PIP implants so we have launched a new campaign  Get Your Serial Numbers Out!  

Click on the link or on the image below to learn more.

We want to encourage all women with silicone breast implants (SBIs) to check their implant details including their serial numbers and follow them up if necessary.

Please pass it on!



In the UK 47,000 women are thought to have been affected by the PIP global health fraud. As many as 100,000 women in Europe and 500,000 women worldwide have become victims of the crime, resulting from a massive Regulatory failure.


Even though the P.I.P. fraud was exposed in 2010 by French Police when they closed the manufacturing plant and arrested the company's directors, some British women have only just discovered they have fraudulent P.I.P. Breast Implants. 

In Britain, the Health & Safety Regulator (the MHRA) raised the alert about fraudulent P.I.P. implants two days before Christmas in 2011, twenty-one months later.

It was the responsibility of the operating hospital or clinic to notify patients if they had P.I.P implants. Unfortunately, the breast implant register had been scrapped by the MHRA five years earlier, clinics had closed-down or disappeared: two of Britain's top 2 providers restructured just to avoid their Duty of Care to their P.I.P. patients.

Relying on disreputable clinics and without an Implant Register, notifying all patients affected by P.I.P. has been an impossible task.  

So, just to be sure which silicone breast implants you have, and to be ready for the Breast Implant Register when it arrives:

Please Check Your Serial Numbers. 



Year/ Date of Surgery: .........................................................

Clinic: ..............................................................................

Surgeon: ...........................................................................

Clinic Phone Number: ..........................................................


Medical Device: High Risk Category III Silicone Breast Implants


Manufacturer : ...................................................................


LEFT

Size: .....................................  Model: ................................

Lot: ......................... Serial Number: ...................................


RIGHT

Size: .....................................  Model: ................................

Lot: ......................... Serial Number: ....................................


If you experience problems, symptoms or complications with your silicone breast implants, these should be notified to the MHRA using an Adverse Incident Report.  Your clinic or surgeon should do the same.  You will find the necessary forms on the link above and on the MHRA website.



Please make a note of the manufacturer's name, the year, the Lot and the unique serial numbers. Keep the original labels and your implant documents in a safe place, somewhere easy to find and easy to remember. Why not do it today?

If you are unable to confirm the Serial Numbers of your silicone breast implants & your clinic cannot or will not help, assume your implants are P.I.P. Please contact your GP or your clinic and begin your journey to removal today.

If you are worried about your implants, you will find help, support and information at: PIP Action Campaign




Sunday 21 April 2013

Harley Medical Group : PIP Patient Survey

Harley Medical Group Advertising after liquidation. 
HMG claim they have "setting the gold standard for 30 years"  

Wednesday 10 April 2013

Top British doctors call for removal of every PIP breast implant

Women paying unacceptably high costs of CE & MHRA Regulatory Failures 

Calls for Government to remove all PIP breast implants Damning new research shows their shells are faulty putting women at risk



"The doctors who conducted the research, including nanotechnology professor Alexander Seifalian and top plastic surgeon Professor Peter Butler, now say all PIPs should be removed... 
...The researchers, from the Royal Free Hospital in North London and University College London, tested the strength of the material in the PIPs... 
Senior surgeons last night said the study should be taken seriously amid claims that the NHS has been failing to address the needs of women."


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2305166/Top-doctors-removal-breast-implant-given-50-000-British-women.html#ixzz2Q6xsDE6r 



Wednesday 27 February 2013

PIP IMPLANT Case Notes


Tens of thousands of British women have been affected by international health fraud and the British government response is a scandal!
British women are being denied access to diagnostics, care, treatment and on-going monitoring.  This should be of concern to everyone because health fraud is serious, people die!  It was the death of a French woman with ruptured PIP implants that sparked international concerns.


The scandal has exposed serious failings in all aspects of the cosmetic surgery industry.  It is also having a devastating impact of the health and well-being of all those affected, as many as 500,000 women worldwide!
The British policy characterised by the over-reliance on inadequate test data has led to thousands of women facing serious health issues with no access to healthcare.
Time for Change!