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.
Report: Adult heart surgery future doubts
It has emerged that if the proposals to close the children's heart surgery unit at Leeds General Infirmary are approved, surgery for adults born with heart defects will also end.
The news comes as it was revealed the process to decide the unit's future has cost the taxpayer millions of pounds. Sally Simpson reports.
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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".