Heart unit axed
The children's heart surgery unit is to close. But campaigners say they will continue to fight to keep it open
Children's heart surgery campaigners are "defiant"
Campaigners fighting to keep Yorkshire's only children's heart surgery unit open are defiant - despite the devastating news that operations there are to stop, with young patients and their families having to travel elsewhere - most likely, Newcastle.
After a 2 year campaign, NHS bosses rejected a six hundred thousand name signature and the fact that families now face hours of travelling for life-saving treatment. Tina Gelder has this report.
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In Pictures: Patients and parents inside the unit today
In pictures: A tour of the Leeds heart unit today following the announcement about the future of heart surgery in the city.
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Heart surgery to stop in Leeds
Children's heart surgery will no longer continue in Leeds. It means those needing operations will have to travel elsewhere.
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In Pictures: Heart unit campaigners head to London
Heart unit campaigners had an early start this morning as they traveled with Calendar reporters from Leeds to London to hear the outcome.