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Gibraltar women with PIP implants can get clinical advice
– Reported, January 20, 2012
The Gibraltar Health Authority can now confirm that no patients have had PIP implants fitted at St Bernards Hospital or through the GHA on referral to the Royal Marsden Hospital.
They add that they are not aware of any PIP implants being fitted on referral by the GHA in any other NHS facilities. However, the GHA is aware that any patients fitted with such implants will be notified by that NHS trust. The GHA will assist any GHA referred patient in obtaining that information, if they need help.
“If any women, who have received PIP implants as GHA sponsored patients are identified, and they wish to receive more personalised advice or are worried, they should book a consultation with GP or their surgeon via their GP, who will offer clinical advice on the best way forward,” they said. “This may include further tests, such as scans or MRI. If a woman and her doctor decide that removal and replacement of PIP implants is the right thing to do, the GHA will arrange for this.”
FITTED PRIVATELY
Further, with regard to Gibraltar residents who have had breast implants fitted privately, they have been advised to check with the hospital, clinic or surgeon who fitted them. If they have been fitted with PIP implants by a hospital, clinic or surgeon, they may be entitled to have them replaced, by that clinic, free of charge.
If the hospital, clinic or surgeon that fitted the prosthesis is unavailable or unwilling to replace the implant; then the GHA say they will offer a consultation with the visiting consultant plastic surgeon to discuss the way forward. If removal and replacement of the implant is advised, and the original implants have been inserted for medical reasons this will be carried out free of charge. For those entitled patients whose implants were originally inserted for cosmetic reasons there will be a charge for the implants.
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– WF Team
