Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback We’ve been asked about feedback from the Trust visits (led by Professor Deirdre Kelly, at the invitation of the Clinicians’ Group) and whether there will be a write-up on individual units. The answer is that we will not publish any commentary […]

Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback We had a lively discussion at our Patient & Public Group Meeting on 13 June 2014, which began with a robust challenge from some attendees about current quality in surgical units, the accessibility of public & patient meetings, and the nature […]

Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback From time to time we are challenged as to whether the review has a pre-determined outcome. Some think we have already decided that one or more units have to close, and that we know which ones. Others think that we have […]

Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback Thank you for your continuing support and feedback. We are very conscious that the success of this review relies on active engagement from all its stakeholders, some of whom – I know – feel that it wasn’t needed in the first […]

Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback During the Trust visits carried out by Professor Deirdre Kelly and members of the review team, questions have been asked about the scope of our work and the way in which different aspects of the service are being taken into account. […]

Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback Following discussion in our engagement events and notes in the blog, thank you for your comments on “what does a good consultation look like?” Please continue to share your views on this with us; you can do so either by posting […]

Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback In response to interest expressed by all three of our engagement and advisory groups (Providers, Clinicians and Patient & Public), we are planning to organise a joint meeting of these groups and the review team are currently working to find an […]

Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback Some of you have asked about the arrangements for our different engagement events, and the demands they place on people. Most recently we’ve been asked about the Easter holiday events for children and young people. We are running these events during […]

Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback Thank you to everyone who has submitted documents and references in response to our call for evidence. We have passed these on to the team at ScHARR who are conducting a literature review for us. The deadline for submissions has now […]

Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback We have been asked whether investigations into the quality of care at local congenital heart units are linked to the work of our national review.The answer is that although they are separate from our review, we are receptive to any lessons […]