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Shake-up for child heart op units

On 4 July 2012, Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, BBC News, reported: ‘Child heart surgery should be stopped at three of the 10 hospitals that perform the procedures, NHS bosses say. The official review concluded the units at Leicester’s... Read more

4 Jul 2012

Adult Congenital Heart Services update 2012

The NHS has today launched the next phase of a review into adult congenital heart services (ACHD), initiating a period of engagement to gather the views of patients and their families, NHS staff, clinicians and other groups to help shape services... Read more

21 May 2012

UK cardiac surgery is safe no matter what day of the week: an analysis of the SCTS database

A recent report by the Dr Foster group demonstrated a higher mortality rate for patients admitted as an emergency at the weekend than for patients admitted as an emergency during the week. The report also suggested that hospitals with higher... Read more

2 Apr 2012

SCTS develop cardiac audit infrastructure

In line with SCTS policy for making clincial information more accessible we are pursuing a policy to make our cardiac audit data, and the processes that we apply to the data, more transparent. We have been fortunate to receive a grant from Heart... Read more

22 Mar 2012

SCTS praised in Sir Donald Irvine’s evidence to the Mid Staffs Public Inquiry

The Public Inquiry into the events at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation, chaired by Robert Francis QC, has now completed questioning witnesses. This Inquiry followed concerns about standards of care at the Trust, confirmed in an investigation... Read more

3 Jan 2012

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