Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback Our consultation on draft standards and service specifications closed on Monday 8 December, and we’ve received more than 500 responses, which are currently being analysed. We will say more about the next steps, and likely timetable, in the new year. Thank you […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback We continue to receive your feedback to the consultation and welcome your comments. Although the “road show” has finished, the consultation period continues until 5pm on 8 December and we are keen to encourage as many people as possible to share […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback We’ve had a query about the data we use to understand activity levels for CHD, and whether we include private patients, or those from the Republic of Ireland, etc. It seems there is some misunderstanding about this, so to help explain […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback We are keen to encourage as many people as possible to share their views with us through the consultation process: we have been asked about the deadline for returning responses: further information can be found here. Our independent analysts (Dialogue by […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback We’ve been asked about our approach to consultation materials in languages other than English. ‘This has been a difficult question for us to resolve. It is a sensitive issue, and of course we want to make our work accessible, but we do not have limitless funds to cover every eventuality so we have […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. The launch of consultation On Monday 15 September NHS England launched twelve weeks of consultation on draft standards and service specifications for congenital heart disease (CHD) services. This will run until 5pm on Friday 8 December. The following materials are available on our […]
NHS England today (Monday) launched a consultation on standards which aim to drive high quality care for children and adults with congenital heart disease wherever they live, throughout their lives. Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) refers to birth defects that affect the normal workings of the heart. These range from severe life threatening conditions that need […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. To those of you who have been on holiday – welcome back, I hope you had an enjoyable break. In the CHD review team we have packed away our flip-flops and our attention is now focused entirely on the remaining things we have […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback We have been asked how, in our analysis of CHD activity, we have taken account of specific factors that may affect future demand for CHD services. Over the last year, we have spoken to clinicians and to our advisory groups, read […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. It’s a short blog this week, reflecting the fact that there have not been lots of meetings, with all the associated paperwork that is the staple diet of the usual blog. Instead, we have been focused on preparing for the 25 July 2014 […]