News
10/11/15 - New Tuesday New Home!
Our first Tuesday in our new home! A BIG thank you to all who helped with the move!
19/10/15 - CHF Moving Home
CHF is very excited to announce we are moving home! Where are we going? From 2nd November 2015 CHF’s home will be out of the big smoke, and in leafy Essex. Our new address will be: Office SB3 Dragon Enterprise Centre Cullen Mill Braintree Road Witham Essex CM8 2DD Any post sent to CHF […]
13/10/15 - Congenital Heart Disease Conference 27 – 30 Oct 2015
European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Congenital Heart Disease Conference 27-30 October 2015 (4 day course) Windsor, UK Course Director/s V Hraska, Sankt Augustin Course Overview A course on surgical anatomy, physiology and principles of surgical and non-surgical treatment of congenital heart diseases for advanced residents and junior congenital heart surgeons Course Format 12 […]
13/10/15 - CSI Imaging & Innovation 2016
Save the date! June 22 – 25 in Frankfurt, Germany 2016 This is the flagship conference in catheter interventions in congenital, structural and valvular heart intervention. CSI offers the unique experience of a comprehensive overview of major topics in the catheter therapy of congenital, structural and valvular heart disease in children and adults. CSI caters […]
24/09/15 - Pulse Oximetry Pilot: Phase Two
The second phase of the pulse oximetry pilot commenced on 1st July 2015 with all pilot trusts aligning to the Newborn Pulse Oximetry Screening Pathway and Group B trusts that had not yet previously performed pulse oximetry commencing pulse oximetry screening. The Children’s Heart Federation has heard that the second phase of the pilot is […]
28/08/15 - Health & Care Innovation Expo 2015
NHS England ran a Health & Care Innovation Expo on 2-3 September 2015 in Manchester Central. This year’s Expo was organised by Patients and Information teams. There were a whole series of activities, events and sessions at this year’s Expo that highlighted their work with patients, members of the public, and the voluntary sector. There was […]
02/09/15 - Information Standard Network and Learn Event
NHS England will be running an Information Standard Network and Learn Event on September 23rd which will be covering Health Literacy. The event will be presented by Jonathan Berry from the Community Health & Learning Foundation. The event itself will be broken down into two elements and will cover; Impacts of Health and What can […]
26/08/15 - Chatsworth Summer Family Day
CHF held their summer family day for families at the Chatsworth Estate on Saturday 22nd August. What was on offer at Chatsworth: Bush-craft skills at the newly built Stickyard education centre and use of the adventure playground Access to the world-famous Chatsworth House and Gardens A visit to the delightful Chatsworth farmyard, with lambs, horses and […]
26/08/15 - Pulse oximetry pilot under way
The newborn pulse oximetry screening pilot has begun The aims of the pilot are to: • understand the impact of implementing newborn pulse oximetry screening on NHS services • find out if it is feasible to roll out pulse oximetry nationally as an addition to the existing newborn and infant physical examination tests within 72 […]
19/08/15 - Update on Bristol Review
Since issuing a call for evidence last summer, a substantial number of families have contacted the Review and have helped to build up a detailed picture of experiences of the Children’s Cardiac Service at Bristol Children’s Hospital. In addition, evidence from the Trust and other organisations has enabled inquiry into the issues raised. The Review […]
