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Date Business
07 February 2012
10:30 am
Subject: PIP breast implants and regulation of cosmetic interventions
Witness(es): Professor Sir Bruce Keogh KBE, NHS Medical Director, Professor Sir Kent Woods, Chief Executive of MHRA, Dr Anne-Marie Slowther, Associate Professor of Clinical Ethics at Warwick Medical School and Consultant Clinical Ethicist at University Hospitals, Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, and Mr Simon Withey, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Member of the Council of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, Member of the Steering Committee looking at Standards in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Location: Room TBC, Palace of Westminster

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