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01/07/11 - The response of the Children’s Heart Federation to the consultation: Safe and Sustainable – A new vision for children’s congenital heart services in England
About Children’s Heart Federation The Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) is the leading national charity and the umbrella body for voluntary organisations working to meet the needs of children and young people with congenital and acquired heart conditions (CHD) and their families. Our vision is that all children with heart conditions have both their medical and […]
22/06/11 - ‘Stalling the heart review will put children at risk,’ charity warns MPs
The Children’s Heart Federation (CHF), the umbrella organisation for charities supporting children and young people with a heart condition, has contacted all MPs in advance of the Adjournment Debate on the Review of congenital cardiac services for children in the Chamber on Thursday 23 June (Member in charge: Stuart Andrew) urging them to vote against […]
04/05/11 - Comment from the Children’s Heart Federation in support of applying the Safe and Sustainable standards
The Children’s Heart Federation has been following the campaigns supporting children’s heart care at units around the country with respect and admiration for the passion, commitment and organisational skills of the parents, combined with a deep concern that in the rising wave of support for ‘Save Our Surgery’ lobbying, important issues are being drowned out. […]
16/02/11 - ‘Being at sixes and sevens is good for children’s heart care’ asserts Children’s Heart Federation
The Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) is today urging politicians and healthcare practitioners to accept that being at sixes and sevens is good for children’s heart care, a reference to the need to reduce the number of active surgical units from ten to six or seven, in order to achieve the best possible health outcomes for babies […]
14/02/11 - Charity chief warns Cameron, “Sticking to your guns on Big Society will blast a hole in services for sick children”
For immediate release, Monday 14 February Charity chief warns Cameron, “Sticking to your guns on Big Society will blast a hole in services for sick children” Anne Keatley-Clarke, Chief Executive of the Children’s Heart Federation, is warning today that by pushing ahead with his plans for the Big Society, without a proper impact assessment of […]
07/02/11 - Children’s Heart Federation launches its 2011 partnership with Build-A-Bear Workshop
For immediate release – Monday 7 February 2011 Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) is launching its 2011 partnership with Build-A-Bear Workshop to help raise funds and awareness for children with heart problems at the Bournemouth branch of Build-a-Bear Workshop on 9th February 2011, when Coronation Street and Impressions Show star Debra Stephenson and a class of six year olds from […]
01/02/11 - Bournemouth Daily Echo
“Television star Debra Stephenson made an instant impression on primary school pupils when she helped them create cuddly Valentine’s Day gifts for children suffering from congenital heart defects. The Coronation Street and Bad Girls actress took time off to visit the Build- A-Bear Workshop in Commercial Road, Bournemouth, where she met foundation year pupils from […]
15/10/10 - Children’s Heart Federation comment on paediatric cardiac surgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital
For immediate release – Friday 15 October 2010 Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) accepts that in order to achieve the highest possible clinical standards in children’s heart surgery, there needs to be a reorganisation of the national paediatric heart care service that results in fewer, larger surgical units, each of which would have a team of […]
04/10/10 - Consultation response on ‘Liberating the NHS’ White Paper
Response to: Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS Vision We welcome all the elements of the vision of an NHS laid out at 1.10, except for ‘puts clinicians in the driving seat’. We contest the polarisation ‘clinicians good, managers bad’ advanced by this strategy. We support a competency-based approach to the National Health Service, […]
29/07/10 - Take the ‘Make a Difference Mile’ challenge to help a heart child this weekend
29th June 2010 Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) is urging local people to help veteran runner,Paul Willgoss, make a final push to the finishing line of his twelve-month long-distance campaign to raise money for children with a heart condition by taking the ‘Make a Difference Mile’ challenge at the East Midlands Designer Outlet on Saturday 3 […]
