Leeds children’s heart surgery services review

"The Leeds children’s heart surgery services review was undertaken to issues raised regarding the safety and quality of care at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. A significant amount of work has been undertaken to establish an accurate picture of the services provided by the Trust, including a detailed review of cases and interviews with families to understand their experiences."

The review contains two papers:

• Mortality Case Review for the period 2009- 2013
• Family Experience Report

Children’s Congenital Cardiac Surgery Services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
NHS England
March 2014

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Report: Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust: Children's Congenital Cardiac Surgery Service

"Within the context and remit of this review no evidence was found of immediate significant safety concerns in terms of clinical governance, staffing or in the management of the patient pathway for surgical care in the Unit, or for referral to other Units in the examples of the specific case files examined."

Report of the External Review of Children’s Congenital Cardiac Surgery 
Service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
D Riley
NHS England
April 2013

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