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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST
Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we determined that the cost to do so would exceed the appropriate limit.
Case reference FOI2024/00589
Received 1 October 2024
Published 5 November 2024
Request
1. For each of the last ten calendar years, 2014 to 2023 inclusive please state (i) how many reports you received relating to adverse reaction relating to breast implants, and (ii) how many suspected adverse reactions these reports were connected with? 2. For the 2023 calendar year could you please state the number of Adverse Reactions reported relating to breast implants used in breast enlargement surgery. 3. For the 2023 calendar year's Adverse Reactions to breast implants used in breast enlargement surgery please could you give me a complete breakdown of the side effects that the reporter has claimed. Note. If it is possible to isolate reports that relate to cosmetic surgery rather than reconstructive surgery following a different medical procedure then please provide separate answers for both types of surgical implant. Also I would be grateful if the response could be supplied on the same basis as that which was supplied to me in a similar request for 2013 data [Ref: FOI 14/378]
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