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Opportunities in heart surgery networks

Fiona Smith RCN adviser, Children and young people’s nursing and member of the NHS Safe and Sustainable steering group

Clinicians, professional associations and national parent groups agree that the development of specialist cardiac teams will produce better clinical outcomes for children with congenital heart disease, says Fiona Smith

EARLY NEXT YEAR the NHS Safe and Sustainable review is likely to recommend a reduction in the number of NHS hospitals in England providing heart surgery for children with congenital heart disease (CHD). There are 11 such hospitals at present.

Nursing Children and Young People. 22, 10, 6-6. doi: 10.7748/paed.22.10.6.s9

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07 December 2010 / Vol 22 issue 10

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