Safe and Sustainable review: Better outcomes for children with congenital heart disease
Children’s heart surgery is complex and becoming increasingly specialised. The NHS Safe and Sustainable review aims to improve outcomes for children with congenital heart disease by introducing new national quality standards, developing children’s heart networks and pooling surgical expertise.
We are consulting on the following key areas:
- Standards of care: proposed national quality standards of care to be applied consistently across the country
- Congenital heart networks: development of networks to coordinate care and ensure more local provision (e.g. assessment, ongoing care)
- Options for fewer surgical centres: to improve outcomes for children’s heart surgery in the future
- Better Monitoring: improvements for analysis and reporting of mortality and morbidity data
The public consultation runs from 1 March 2011 until 1 July 2011.
The regional event
A public consultation event for this region will be held on Monday 23 May between 6pm - 8pm at the De Vere University Arms Hotel, Cambridge. To register to attend the event please follow the link to Book a place.
Public consultation documentation
If you require a copy of the consultation document and a response form please email communications@eoescg.nhs.uk and we will ensure that the information is sent to you.
For further information on the public consultation please visit www.specialisedservices.nhs.uk/safeandsustainable.