Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 98548

Breasts: Plastic Surgery

Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Sarah Owen

LabourLuton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the research programmes that are underway on the safety of breast implants.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is not currently funding any specific research into the safety of breast implants but welcomes funding applications for research into any aspe...

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