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14/06/13 - Gazette Live – Teesside families frustration over children’s heart surgery decision
Teesside families today spoke of their frustration as children’s heart surgery units face further uncertainty Teesside families today spoke of their frustration as children’s heart surgery units face further uncertainty. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt yesterday suspended plans to close three units in Leeds, Leicester and west London. The move once again calls into question the […]
13/06/13 - The Independent – Fury at Jeremy Hunt’s U-turn on child heart units
It has taken a dozen years, involved one of the worst scandals in the NHS’s history and involved five reports. But today, the national plan to concentrate children’s heart surgery in fewer centres for safety reasons was torn up and its architects sent back to the drawing board. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, announced in […]
13/06/13 - Mirror – NHS child heart surgery review to start all over again after five years and £6m spent
The five-year probe into the 10 existing units, which has already cost taxpayers more than £6million, will start all over again The head of a major medical charity last today warned kids are at risk after a bid to improve children’s heart surgery collapsed. Children’s Heart Federation chief Anne Keatley-Clarke hit out after the […]
12/06/13 - NEWS RELEASE – “12 YEAR DELAY IN REFORMING HEART SURGERY IS COSTING CHILDREN’S LIVES” SAYS CHARITY
“12 YEAR DELAY IN REFORMING HEART SURGERY IS COSTING CHILDREN’S LIVES” SAYS CHARITY The UK’s leading children’s heart charity says children’s lives are being put at risk because of monumental delays in reforming England’s heart surgery services. The Children’s Heart Federation is urging NHS England to “be brave” and implement the new standards of care resulting […]
07/06/13 - British 10k Run – Get Your Place Now!
British 10k London Run Donate Get Your Place on The British 10k London Run! The race route through the heart of this historic capital city is unrivalled anywhere in the world and takes runners past many of the iconic and most world renowned sights that the great city of London has to offer. Much of the […]
05/06/13 - NHS Confederation – Patients, clinicians and managers join voices to call for NHS change
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30/05/13 - Dragon Boat 2013 Gallery
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21/05/13 - News Release – SHOREDITCH ACCOUNTANTS MADE CHARITY DRAGON BOAT RACE A ROARING SUCCESS
NEWS RELEASE For immediate release SHOREDITCH ACCOUNTANTS MADE CHARITY DRAGON BOAT RACE A ROARING SUCCESS Staff from Shoreditch accountancy firm, PJ Marks & Co LLP, tackled the Thames to raise money for children with heart conditions at the Children’s Heart Federation’s annual Dragon Boat Race. The local business sponsored the event at which hundreds […]
21/05/13 - News Release – MARTINEZ & PARTNERS WERE A ROARING SUCCESS AT CHARITY DRAGON BOAT RACE
NEWS RELEASE For immediate release MARTINEZ & PARTNERS WERE A ROARING SUCCESS AT CHARITY DRAGON BOAT RACE Basingstoke insurance brokers, Martinez and Partners won a charity boat race held to raise money for children with heart conditions. Their team of 13, dressed as superheroes, beat 11 other teams competing at the Children’s Heart Federation’s annual […]
20/05/13 - CHF’S DRAGON BOAT RACE WAS A ROARING SUCCESS
Around 70 children with heart conditions and their families joined hundreds of supporters at the Children’s Heart Federation’s Annual Dragon Boat Race fundraiser at Surrey Docks Water Sports Centre. Twelve teams tackled the Thames in dragon boats to raise money for children with heart conditions. The race was won by a team dressed as superheroes […]
