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TEN sick children have had to be transferred up to 120 miles from a Leeds paediatric heart unit while surgery was suspended, it emerged today.However, the decision was widely criticised by experts who said the information was incomplete and the unit was given the all-clear to resume surgery last week after it was agreed it was safe.A Leeds MP said senior figures behind the decision should not play any further role in reorganising children’s heart surgery anywhere in Britain after they “put children at greater risk”.Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland said NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh and Sir Roger Boyle, director of the Nicor, which oversees cardiovascular mortality data across the NHS, to be held to account over their role in the “shambolic” handling of the matter.Mr Mulholland added: “It is great that children’s heart surgery has started again today in Leeds, but now we need investigation into the wrong decision to halt it.“It is time for accountability. The arrogance of Sir Bruce Keogh and Sir Roger Boyle has been breathtaking.
The results of a review into the decision to stop children's heart surgery at three hospitals in England will be published later.The NHS plans to end surgery at Leeds General Infirmary, Glenfield Hospital in Leicester and the Royal Brompton in west London.
IRP report on children's heart surgery out today. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will comment in Parliament. We will update as we learn more.
Jeremy Hunt speech in the Commons about children's heart surgery expected to start around 12.30pm.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has suspended a review which threatened to close three children's heart surgery units after announcing its proposals were based on flawed analysis.
David Cameron has defended the decision to re-examine the future of children's heart surgery in England after it was raised in the House of Commons.
The deaths of 152 patients on waiting lists in South Wales over the past five years are linked to waiting times by the Royal College of Surgeons. More than 150 patients have died while waiting for heart surgery at two of Wales’ biggest hospitals, it has been claimed.
The number of organ transplants carried out in the UK has reached a record high, health service figures show.NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said there were 4,212 transplants in 2012-13, up 6% on the previous year.
