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Testing families’ travel patterns for children’s heart surgery services

Wednesday, 25th May 2011

The NHS review of children’s congenital heart services has brought in independent experts to test families’ travel patterns to surgical centres as part of the consultation on proposals for new congenital heart networks. PricewaterhouseCo...

Safe and Sustainable: Consulting with health overview and scrutiny committees up to 5 October 2011

Friday, 20th May 2011

The NHS in England is currently consulting on proposals for reconfiguration of children’s congenital heart services in England. The four-month Safe and Sustainable consultation is reaching large numbers of people: 2,432 have registered to atten...

Leslie Hamilton comments on the 2009 collaborative report between GOSH and Brompton

Wednesday, 11th May 2011

9 May 2011 Leslie Hamilton, Immediate Past President of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery said: "Clinicians instigated the Safe and Sustainable review because we want world class care for children. In London the NHS has a unique opportunity to...

NHS says: Text ‘HEART’ to take part

Tuesday, 10th May 2011

Young people across the country wanting to take part in the consultation on proposals to change children’s heart services will be able to respond via a new text service set up by Safe and Sustainable – the NHS consultation on childre...

NHS urges Londoners to have their say on future of children’s heart services

Friday, 6th May 2011

Parents and young people in London are being urged to have their say on the future of children’s heart services in London as the NHS consultation reaches the half-way stage. Just 235 people in London have responded to the consultation into chi...

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