Leeds adult heart surgery threat
Adult heart surgery at Leeds General Infirmary is under threat as it's emerged that if the children's unit closed, adult services would go the same way.
Cost of Leeds children's heart surgery review revealed
Stuart Andrew MP has asked questions in the House of Commons about the costs for the review of children's heart surgery at Leeds and the decision-making process to date.
Costs incurred by NHS Specialised Services on the Safe and Sustainable review of children's heart services in England and Wales and the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts decision-making process, to March 2013.
- Legal costs for the judicial review case brought by Save Our Surgery Ltd £301,000
- External communications consultants £1,740,000
- Other costs incurred (from 2009-10 to 2012-13) £6,036,000
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Summit confirms children's heart surgery unit is "safe"
NHS England and the Care Quality Commission have confirmed that Children’s Heart Surgery Services at Leeds General Infirmary are safe.
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Health chiefs to re-open children's heart surgery unit
Children's heart surgery is set to resume at Leeds General Infirmary after days of uncertainty over its future.
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Management interests "put ahead of ill children"
The Children's Heart Federation says the interests of management at the LGI have been "put ahead of critically ill children".