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

Bruce Keogh, the medical director of the NHS, deserves praise for his rapidly produced interim report on Poly Implant Prostheses (PIP). He recommended that 40,000 women who have received PIP breast implants in Britain be contacted and "offered further procedures subject to clinical need and taking full account of the wishes and concerns of the patient".