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06/07/12 - News & Star – WELCOME DECISION ON FREEMAN
Published at 11:25, Thursday, 05 July 2012 Decision day for the future of regional children’s heart surgery proved to be a nail-biting time for families in Cumbria. All indications had been that the Leeds bid to be the northern paediatric heart services centre would be successful and that children from this county would be faced […]
06/07/12 - Sky News – Hospitals Told Child Heart Surgery Will Stop
Three hospitals providing children’s heart surgery in England have been told they must stop following an NHS review of resources. 8:40pm UK, Wednesday 04 July 2012 Three out of 10 specialist units will stop performing heart surgery on children following an NHS review which decided resources were spread too thinly. The Royal […]
06/07/12 - The Local – Hospitals to stop child heart ops
Hospitals in Leicester, Leeds and the Royal Brompton in London are to stop performing heart surgery on children, it has been announced. In a move to streamline paediatric heart services, three of the 10 specialist units in England will stop performing such procedures on children. The move comes after an NHS review which concluded that […]
06/07/12 - Yorkshire Evening Post – Leeds to Lose Children’s Heart Surgery Service
By Katie Baldwin Published on Wednesday 4 July 2012 20:42 Campaigners were left bitterly disappointed as experts decided to move children’s heart surgery out of Leeds. The decision was made at a meeting in London to centralise the service in Newcastle instead. Families of sick children and hospital heads were dismayed at the loss […]
06/07/12 - Press Association – Hospitals to stop child heart ops
(UKPA) – 05/07/2012 Hospitals in Leicester, Leeds and the Royal Brompton in London are to stop performing heart surgery on children, it has been announced. In a move to streamline paediatric heart services, three of the 10 specialist units in England will stop performing such procedures on children. The move comes after an NHS review […]
05/07/12 - Halifax Courier – Leeds heart unit for children will close
Campaigners arriving at Downing Street, London, to hand in a petition against the possible closure of The children’s heart surgery unit at Leeds General Infirmary. Published on Thursday 5 July 2012 09:46 Calderdale families will have to travel to Newcastle or Liverpool for treatment in future following a decision to close the children’s heart surgery […]
04/07/12 - Children’s Heart Federation welcome decisions on children’s heart units and looks forward to future of improved care
Press Release – The Children’s Heart Federation, theUK’s leading children’s heart charity, has welcomed an end to the uncertainty about which units will continue to provide children’s heart surgery.
03/07/12 - Leading Children’s Heart Charity welcomes the end to long period of uncertainty for families
Leading Children’s Heart Charity welcomes the end to long period of uncertainty for families For immediate release The Children’s Heart Federation, the UK’s leading children’s heart charity, welcomes the prospect tomorrow of an end to the uncertainty about which units will continue to provide children’s heart surgery. The long-awaited final decision of […]
02/07/12 - Give a Car – we can make money from your old banger!
Turn your old car into cash for Children’s Heart Federation
29/06/12 - Watford Observer – MP Backs Mum’s Awareness Campaign
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