NHS England has released the Review of Children’s Congenital Cardiac Surgery Service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust report (this document is available on our archived website). This report is the output of the independent review team that formed part of the first stage of the review into children’s heart surgery at Leeds .  This report […]

NHS England has released two data reports relating to children’s heart surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals The original data sent to Sir Bruce Keogh by Sir Roger Boyle (this document is available on our archived website) NICOR Investigation of mortality from paediatric cardiac surgery in England 2009 – 12 (this document is available on our archived […]

The NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) has today publishing Securing Excellence in IT Services: Operating Model for Child Health Information Services (CHIS). The purpose of the operating model is to provide a system which ensures the safe transfer of commissioning responsibilities from Primary Care Trusts to ensure that all existing information systems and associated support […]

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has published interim advice on arrangements to secure children’s and adult safeguarding, which provides additional information, in particular, to emerging clinical commissioning groups.  A covering letter reminds PCTs and SHAs of the vital importance of maintaining appropriate arrangements as the health system goes through transition. The interim advice, with a […]