The breast implants scandal is bringing out the worst kinds of private sector attitudes

Deborah Orr: The financial collapse illustrated how risk gets socialised while profit remains private. So does this appalling episode

Breast implant scandal: comestic surgery companies face court action

Andrew Lansley says he will pursue private clinics who refuse to remove impants 'aggressively through the courts'

The PIP breast implant scandal shows the real cost of private health

Richard Horton: The PIP implant scare exposes serious flaws in British medical regulation and NHS policy

Wales pays to replace French-made breast implants – but England won’t

Welsh health minister says not removing defective implants could endanger women's health

UK breast implant providers defy call for free replacement

Three UK cosmetic surgery firms reject health secretary's moral case to remove and replace PIP implants for free

Doctors issue warning over facial fillers

Anti-ageing injections and unqualified practitioners put thousands of patients at risk from deformities and infections, say doctors

PIP breast implants can be removed for free, says government

Women concerned over faulty implants should be allowed to have free removals by the NHS or cosmetic surgery centre

Medical devices and Chinese toys share same level of safety checks

Manufacturers of breast implants and hip joints must get CE mark rather than licence based on evidence from clinical trials

French breast implant patients fight public indifference

French women who have had defective cosmetic surgery were once ignored, but the 'pipettes' are making their voices heard

PIP breast implants can be removed for free on the NHS

Women with breast implants from the French company can have them removed for free, says Department of Health