National breast implant registry much needed but long overdue, patients and doctors say

A House of Commons health committee is studying the feasibility of a national breast implant registry, something advocates have been calling for since the 1990s. "To me, it's something that should have happened the moment breast implants started to be manufactured in 1964," she told CBC. The federal feasibility study will look at what information might be included in a national registry and how it might function once it's in place. "Any next steps with respect to a breast implant registry would heavily depend on its purpose, structure, and design," Johnson wrote in an email. He described a breast implant registry as a "complex endeavour" that would require participation and coordination from multiple levels of government.