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15/05/13 - Parents wanted for study into medical research trials
What is the purpose of the study? This study (which is called CONNECT) will look at people’s experiences and views of being invited to consent for their children to take part in medical research studies (also known as trials) when these are conducted in different situations. The two situations we want to compare are: a) […]
13/05/13 - News Release – Parents urged to ‘Think HEART’ to save their baby’s life
Embargoed until: Monday 13th May 2013 PARENTS URGED TO ‘THINK HEART’ TO SAVE THEIR BABY’S LIFE DURING CHILDREN’S HEART WEEK During Children’s Heart Week (13th– 19th May), parents are being urged to check for warning signs of heart problems experienced by their children and follow life-saving guidance issued by the UK’s leading children’s heart […]
09/05/13 - Press Clipping – Dean’s charity is close to his heart.
n.b the image on the bottom right is Alex Smith not Anne Keatley Clarke.
07/05/13 - Leicester Mercury – MP throws support behind heart campaign
MP for North West Leicestershire, Andrew Bridgen, is backing a national “think heart” campaign. It is being run by the Children’s heart Foundation to tell parents about the warning signings of possible heart problems and to follow life-saving guidance. The campaign provides parents with five easy signs to spot a heart problems. They include looking […]
02/05/13 - Stourbridge News – MP backs heart campaign
MARGOT James is backing a campaign by the Children’s Heart Federation which calls upon parents to watch for early warning signs of problems. Think Heart aims to increase early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions. Every year 5,000 babies are born with congenital heart disease, yet only a third are detected before birth. The Stourbridge MP […]
29/04/13 - Gazette Live – Stockton North MP supports ‘Think HEART’ campaign
A TEESSIDE MP is calling on parents across his constituency to check for warning signs of possible heart problems in their children. Alex Cunningham, Labour MP for Stockton North, is supporting Think HEART, the Children’s Heart Federation campaign, which aims to increase early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions. Think HEART provides parents with five easy […]
29/04/13 - Future Commissioning of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology for the population of Northern Ireland 19th April 2013
Download the document here Dear Stakeholder, Re: Future Commissioning of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology for the population of Northern Ireland At the start of the consultation process the Health and Social Care Board gave an undertaking to keep stakeholders informed of key stages in the process. The Health and Social Care […]
25/04/13 - Think HEART Parliamentary Briefing
This week nearly 50 Members of Parliament attended an event held by CHF to raise awareness about the charity’s ‘Think HEART’ campaign. The MP’s who attended were keen to support the campaign, which aims to increase the early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions. Think HEART provides parents with five easy signs to help to spot a heart […]
09/04/13 - Comment on LGI surgery phased re-start 09/04/2013
The Children’s Heart Federation welcomes the reassurance that immediate safety issues in respect of paediatric cardiac surgery have been resolved. We understand that surgery will be phased in gradually over the next month starting with the lower-risk cases. We feel that it would help many parents to have an explanation as to what this means, […]
09/04/13 - NHS England: Phased resumption of children’s heart surgery at Leeds Hospital agreed
Reassurance given on immediate safety issues but hospital asked to improve monitoring of care Children’s heart surgery at Leeds General Infirmary can begin a phased restart on Wednesday, NHS England said today (Monday). It follows completion of the first-stage of a review by a multi-disciplinary independent clinical team, which has been working to establish the […]
