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Publication, Part of

Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry - January to December 2025, Management Information

Other reports and statistics

Publication Date:
30 Oct 2026
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Country, NHS Trusts, Independent Sector Health Care Providers
Date Range:
01 Jan 2025 to 31 Dec 2025

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Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry - January to December 2025, Management Information

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Summary

The Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry (BCIR) records the details of any individual who has undergone breast implant surgery, so that they can be traced in the event of a product recall or other safety concern relating to a specific type of implant. Data collection started in England in late 2016, in Scotland in 2019 and in Northern Ireland in 2021.

The purpose of this report is to provide information on the uptake of the registry. It does not provide a comprehensive view of the number of breast implant operations undertaken. It provides an overview of the data collected between January and December 2025 and includes some historical data from the start of the registry in 2016.

Highlights

Further information on how the registry collects data, and what it does with it, can be found in the related links section below.

Key Facts

BCIR Patients: England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, January to December 2025

In 2025, 18,055 patients underwent 18,695 operations at 340 organisations (NHS and independent providers). 16,735 patients first recorded BCIR procedure was in 2025. 1,325 patients with a recorded BCIR procedure before 2025.

The number of operations is greater than the number of patients as a person may have had more than 1 operation. Patient and operation values between 1 and 7 are rounded to 7 – all other values are rounded to the nearest 5.

BCIR Data Collection: 2017 to 2025

Since January 2017, BCIR data has been submitted for 144,795 patients, 156,990 operations at 470 sites across England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

Although the registry opened in England in October 2016, data collection was not fully implemented until 2017.

Please find below downloads and/or use the 'Next Chapter' links at the top-right and bottom-right of the page to access some summary infographics on the 'Key Findings' page.

Last edited: 26 October 2026 3:15 pm