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09/05/13 - Press Clipping – Dean’s charity is close to his heart.
n.b the image on the bottom right is Alex Smith not Anne Keatley Clarke.
27/02/13 - Worcester Standard – Mum’s plea for screening tests on newborns
A MUM of two whose daughter is facing open heart surgery has urged health chiefs to introduce a potentially life-saving screening test on all newborn babies. Joanna Dobson, from Warndon Villages, is pushing for the Pulse Oximetry test – which measures oxygen levels in the blood – to become a standard procedure in delivery suites [...]
19/02/13 - Medical News Today – MPs, clinicians and patients are uniting to drive change for patients on long-term warfarin
A simple self-monitoring test could reduce the risk of stroke by half in thousands of people who currently take warfarin to prevent blood clots. Better access to self-monitoring of international normalized ratio (INR) levels, which measures how long it takes blood to form a clot, could also lower mortality rates by nearly two fifths,[1] reduce the number of complications [...]
13/02/13 - The Yorkshire Times – “Give Vital Screening Test To All Babies” Says Children’s Heart Charity
Pulse Oximetry is a test carried out using a small device which measures the oxygen levels in the blood. Currently some mothers receive this test after childbirth, but their children do not necessarily receive the test as well. This is despite an overwhelming amount of evidence which points to the possible benefits of doing the [...]
12/02/13 - Virendra Sharma MP -I support the AntiCoagulation Self-Monitoring Alliance (ACSMA) campaign
I give my full support and commitment to continue with supporting the AntiCoagulation Self-Monitoring Alliance (ACSMA) campaign, to increase access to self-monitoring via prescription for patients on long-term warfarin. I believe if patients are able to choose self-monitoring, then this would contribute in improving the quality of their care. ACSMA comprises four of the UK’s leading [...]
11/02/13 - Mature News – Simple home test can halve the risk of stroke and cut the risk of death for thousands of patients on warfarin therapy
MPs, clinicians and patients are uniting to drive change for patients on long-term warfarin A simple self-monitoring test could reduce the risk of stroke by half in thousands of people who currently take warfarin to prevent blood clots. Better access to self-monitoring of international normalized ratio (INR) levels, which measures how long it takes blood [...]
08/02/13 - PR Newswire – Simple Home Test Can Halve the Risk of Stroke and Cut the Risk of Death for Thousands of Patients on Warfarin Therapy
LONDON, February 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – MPs, clinicians and patients are uniting to drive change for patients on long-term warfarin A simple self-monitoring test could reduce the risk of stroke by half in thousands of people who currently take warfarin to prevent blood clots. Better access to self-monitoring of international normalized ratio (INR) levels, which [...]
08/02/13 - Andrew Gwynne MP – GWYNNE UNITES WITH patients and clinicians on warfarin therapy
Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish and Shadow Minister of State for Health, this week launched a campaign by the AntiCoagulation Self-Monitoring Alliance (ACSMA) to increase access to self-monitoring via prescription for patients on long-term warfarin. There are more than 1.2 million people in the UK on warfarin with approximately 1,690 of these in [...]
07/02/13 - Bromsgrove Standard – Rednal mum’s campaign for heart test that saved her son’s life
A REDNAL mum whose son’s life was saved by a simple post-birth test is urging residents to join the campaign to roll out the process to delivery suites nationwide. Michelle Eastwood was due to have her son Sam at home in August 2008, but was taken into the Birmingham Women’s Hospital when his heart rate [...]
05/02/13 - The Press – Charity challenges Archbishop of York over paediatric heart services support
A CHARITY has written to the Archbishop of York claiming he has “reinforced a misconception” by criticising an NHS review which could see children’s heart surgery stopped at a Leeds hospital. Dr John Sentamu supported the campaign for paediatric heart services to remain at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) during a recent visit there, after the NHS Safe [...]
25/01/13 - Independent Voices – Closing children’s heart surgery units? Time to rethink your NHS ‘strategy’ Mr Hunt
These units do a tremendously important job – let’s not forget that By: MANUEL BARCIA 23 Jan 2013 A few days ago I took a couple of friends who were visiting us to a restaurant in Leeds. As soon as we sat, and even before I had an opportunity to look at the menu, I noticed a [...]
24/01/13 - Mobile Magazine – Contract and Sim-only deals for charity MVNO
Coverage or our new partnership with The People’s Operator; the new operator which donates some of its profits to charity.
17/01/13 - The Sunday Times – Babies at risk in hospitals’ survival battle
A ONE-YEAR-OLD boy at the centre of a battle between two child heart units that are fighting for survival is this weekend recovering after undergoing lifesaving surgery. The boy spent his first birthday on Friday in the operating theatre at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, where surgeons carried out delicate open heart surgery. The infant’s [...]
13/12/12 - This is Surrey – Santa Cruise skate challenge planned by North Holmwood woman
A SKATER will longboard 26 miles dressed as Santa Claus to raise money for a children’s charity. Each of the skaters will don festive costumes on their longboards –an elongated, faster version of a skateboard – to help raise awareness of those with congenital heart defects.Stephanie Brown, 27, hopes to complete the challenge this [...]
11/12/12 - This is Surrey – Santa Cruise skate challenge planned by North Holmwood woman
Each of the skaters will don festive costumes on their longboards –an elongated, faster version of a skateboard – to help raise awareness of those with congenital heart defects. Ms Brown, of Hartswood, North Holmwood, said she and friend Sam Bonathan, of Farnborough, had been called “crazy” for taking part in the event, which will [...]
05/12/12 - Simon Wright MP – Norwich MP helping to mend Broken Hearts
Simon Wright, Member of Parliament for Norwich South has attended a summit in Parliament with leading heart charities to discuss how care can be improved for the hundreds of thousands of people in the UK who are living with heart conditions they were born with. Congenital heart disease affects 1 in every 133 children. It [...]
03/12/12 - The Yorkshire Times – Leeds Heart Unit – Legal Challenge Goes Ahead
The long- awaited hearing into the closure of Leeds General Infirmary’s children’s heart [surgery] unit will go ahead as planned. Attempts to delay a legal challenge to the closure of the children’s heart [surgery] unit at Leeds General Infirmary have now failed after a judge dismissed a bid to delay the hearing. Campaign group Save Our [...]
22/11/12 - Get Surrey – Longboarding Santas raising cash for heart charity
A WOKING father will be leading a group of 15 longboarders dressed as Santa Claus on a 26-mile journey to raise money for a charity that helped his daughter. Dean Lake, whose daughter Olivia was born with a heart condition, established the Longboarding for Little Hearts group to help children with heart problems. The group’s [...]
22/11/12 - Ascot Windsor & Eton Express – Dad getting skates on for 26-mile trip after daughter’s heart surgery
Proud dad Dean Lake is getting his skates on to raise awareness of a heart condition that left his baby daughter fighting for her life. Dean’s daughter Olivia, three, needed open heart surgery at the age of seven months. Now father-of-three Dean, 30, who lives near Woking, will be leading a group of more than [...]
16/11/12 - National Health Executive – Campaigners accused over heart surgery changes
The Children’s Heart Foundation (CHF) has criticised a potential delay to the judicial review of heart unit changes, following rumours that the Save Our Surgery campaign group is planning to “deliberately” halt its challenge to further delay planned changes to children’s heart services. The Save Our Surgery campaign was set up to oppose the unit [...]
07/11/12 - Andrew Gwynne MP – SUPPORTING GREATER CHOICE for patients to self-monitor
Andrew Gwynne is lending his support to a new campaign aimed at giving long-term warfarin patients greater choice in the management of their condition. The AntiCoagulation Self Monitoring Alliance (ACSMA) officially launched its campaign at a parliamentary reception in Westminster. There are more than 1.2 million people in the UK on warfarin, but fewer than [...]
02/11/12 - Wales Online – Hospital ordered to cut operations following death of Cardiff tot Luke Jenkins
A hospital at the centre of a row about the streamlining of children’s heart surgery units has been forced to restrict the number of children’s cardiac operations. The move comes after the health watchdog found that Bristol Royal Hospital for Children has inadequate staff levels to care for patients on a cardiac ward. Earlier this [...]
28/09/12 - The Huddersfield Daily Examiner – Holmfirth mother Gilly Mallinson puts her heart into helping others
A HOLMFIRTH woman with a heart condition put her own problems aside to help others. Gilly Mallinson was born with a serious heart condition and has twice had open heart surgery. But she took part in the Great North Run to raise awareness and money for the Children’s Heart Federation, a charity which supports children [...]
27/09/12 - The Flintshire Chronicle – Alyn and Deeside MP Mark Tami backs Think HEART campaign
This is the latest drive by The Children’s Heart Federation to highlight the signs parents should look for to help identify possible heart conditions in children. Mr Tami said: “I am delighted to support the Think HEART campaign which aims to inform parents of the possible warning signs of a heart condition. “I hope this [...]
25/09/12 - The Yorkshire Times – Children’s Heart Unit Closure: We’ve Got To Talk
By Steve James - Features Editor Truth, they say, is the first casualty of war. And how true that must seem to the neutral onlooker – if any remain – trying to make sense of the battle now looming between those who wish to keep children’s heart surgery in Leeds, and those who believe, just as [...]
25/09/12 - The Press – Charities step into children’s heart surgery unit row
In a joint statement, the bosses of the Children’s Heart Federation, the Down’s Heart Group and Max Appeal, said action launched by hospitals such as Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) was “extremely disappointing” and that it could delay “vital improvements to children’s heart services”.
17/09/12 - Crawley Happy Times – MP backs charity’s campaign to boost early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions
Henry Smith MP has this week backed a new campaign which seeks to increase early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions. Henry commented: “I’m delighted to support the Think HEART campaign as it’s clearly a fantastic cause. I’m helping to spread the message in Crawley to as many parents as possible so that we can increase [...]
17/09/12 - Bexley Times – Old Bexley and Sidcup MP James Brokenshire supports children’s heart campaign
A campaign aimed at increasing early detection of children’s heart problems has gained the support of Old Bexley and Sidcup MP James Brokenshire. The Think HEART campaign was launched by charity the Children’s Heart Foundation with the intention of warning parents of signs of a potential heart condition. Mr Brokenshire said: “I’m pleased to [...]
14/09/12 - Children’s Heart Federation Resource Wins BMA Patient Information Awards 2012
The Children’s Heart Federation and BHF won a joint award for best Long-Term Conditions publication at the BMA Patient Information Awards held at BMA House on Thursday 13th September 2012. The ‘Straight from the Heart’ resource is for young people aged between 13 and 19 who have an upcoming heart procedure in hospital. The resource [...]
13/09/12 - MP Tessa supports campaign to save children with heart problems
Local MP Tessa Munt, met Alex Smith, a parent whose child’s heart condition went undiagnosed for over two years, and has backed a new campaign which seeks to increase early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions. Tessa was pleased to support the HEART campaign launched by the Children’s Heart Federation that aims to inform parents of [...]
13/09/12 - Basingstoke Observer – Insurance Firm Martinez & Partners are supporting heart federation
Basingstoke business Martinez and Partners are this year supporting the Children’s Heart Federation, the top children’s heart charity. Rachel Evans, who works for the insurance brokers and has a heart condition, is passionate about supporting CHF’s work together with her colleagues. Rachel said: “The Children’s Heart Federation do great work supporting children who are unwell [...]
12/09/12 - Docklands & East London Advertiser – MP Jim Fitzpatrick in call for more heart diagnoses to save babies’ lives
Published: September 11 2012 The Poplar & Limehouse MP is backing a national campaign launched this week to increase diagnoses of Congenital Heart Disease after meeting a mother whose baby’s condition went undiagnosed for two years. “We must increase early detection and make sure children with heart problems get the correct diagnosis sooner,” he said. [...]
11/09/12 - MP backs charity’s campaign to boost early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions
MP backs charity’s campaign to boost early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions Gordon Henderson, MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey this week met Alex Smith a parent whose child’s heart condition went undiagnosed for over two years and has now backed a new campaign which seeks to increase early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions. Congenital Heart [...]
11/09/12 - Chronicle Live – Washington and Sunderland MP backs heart defect campaign
Published 10th September 2012 A NORTH East MP is backing a new campaign which seeks to increase early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions, after meeting with parents of affected children in Parliament. Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting more than 5,000 children in the UK each year. Despite the seriousness of [...]
10/09/12 - MP hosts Children’s Heart Federation Parliamentary Reception
Mike Penning, MP for Hemel Hempstead, hosted a Parliamentary Reception for the Children’s Heart Federation with constituent and CHF campaigner Alex Smith. Alex is a mother whose daughter’s heart condition went undiagnosed for over two years and she is now promoting a new campaign which seeks to increase early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions. Congenital [...]
07/09/12 - Alex Cunningham MP Backs Campaign to Boost Early Diagnosis
Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham is backing a new campaign which seeks to increase early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions after meeting Alex Smith, a parent whose child’s heart condition went undiagnosed for over two years. Congenital Heart Disease is the most common birth defect, affecting over 5,000 children in the UK each year. Despite [...]
04/09/12 - Todmorden News – Brave toddler faces open heart surgery
Published on Tuesday 4 September 2012 A TODDLER faces a third open heart operation as her battle to beat a rare condition continues. Evie-Mae Thorp, who is 17-months-old, is set for crucial surgery later in the year as doctors fear her health could soon deteriorate. Mum Carly, 19, said: “They will be inserting a plate into [...]
31/08/12 - Lancashire Telegraph – Brave Todmorden tot
Brave Todmorden tot facing critical third open heart operation Friday 31st August 2012 A TODDLER faces the fight of her life after being told she must have a third open heart operation. Brave 17-month-old Evie Mae Thorp is set for surgery any day in a battle for survival, as doctors fear her health could deteriorate [...]
23/08/12 - Wharfdale Observer – Children’s heart charity hits back at MP regarding surgery shake-up comments
2:00pm Sunday 19th August 2012 A children’s heart charity has hit back at a Wharfedale MP’s call for an announcement about changes in where and how heart surgery is provided to be delayed. Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North West) last week criticised the publication of an implementation plan for a national shake-up that would [...]
19/08/12 - ILkley Gazette – Heart Charity Hits Back at MP
Children’s heart charity hits back at MP regarding surgery shake-up comments 2:00pm Sunday 19th August 2012 A children’s heart charity has hit back at a Wharfedale MP’s call for an announcement about changes in where and how heart surgery is provided to be delayed. Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North West) last week criticised the [...]
17/08/12 - We Are Barnsley – Heart Unit Decision Referred to Government
Heart Unit Decision Referred To Government Friday August 17 2012 A DECISION to change a popular children’s heart service in Leeds has been referred to the government for reconsideration after a Barnsley Council meeting. Councillors on the Family Wellbeing Scrutiny Commission met this week to discuss the changes – which will mean Barnsley patients will have [...]
09/08/12 - The Lincolnite – Changes at Children’s Heart Unit a Positive Move.
Changes at children’s heart unit a positive move, says charity August 9, 2012 at 2.02pm by Elizabeth Fish — Updated with a comment from local heart charity, Keepthebeat. The Children’s Heart Federation, a heart charity specifically for child conditions, said that the changes to surgery at Leicester is a positive step. As previously reported, a number of Lincolnshire [...]
08/08/12 - Huddersfield Daily Examiner – Fighting Fund launched to save Yorkshire’s Children’s Heart Unit
A FIGHTING fund to save a children’s heart surgical unit from closure has been formed. The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund is fighting to retain the unit in Yorkshire and is urging businesses to back the campaign to launch a legal challenge against the closure decision. Health bosses last month decided to end paediatric heart surgery [...]
07/08/12 - Trader Guardian – Reassurances given over heart unit closure plans
Published on Tuesday 7 August 2012 13:38 A LEADING charity has moved to reassure families over the changes to Yorkshire’s only children’s heart unit. The Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) has welcomed the end to the uncertainty faced by many parents about which units will continue to provide children’s heart surgery. Last month it was decided to [...]
07/08/12 - Gainsborough Standard – Reassurances given over heart unit closure plans
Published on Tuesday 7 August 2012 13:38 by: Gainsborough Standard A LEADING charity has moved to reassure families over the changes to Yorkshire’s only children’s heart unit. The Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) has welcomed the end to the uncertainty faced by many parents about which units will continue to provide children’s heart surgery. Last month [...]
07/08/12 - Worksop Guardian – Reassurances given over heart unit closure plans
Published on Tuesday 7 August 2012 13:38 by: The Worksop Guardian A LEADING charity has moved to reassure families over the changes to Yorkshire’s only children’s heart unit. The Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) has welcomed the end to the uncertainty faced by many parents about which units will continue to provide children’s heart surgery. Last [...]
03/08/12 - The Press – Charity plea in child heart surgery row
9:42am Friday 3rd August 2012 in The Press (York) A LEADING children’s charity has urged both sides in the row over the future of child heart surgery in our region to “put their differences behind them”. The Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) said it welcomed an end to the uncertainty about which units would close, following [...]
01/08/12 - Paul is Up & Running
CHF’s very own runner with a Heart Paul Willgoss has been chosen as one of Up and Running’s ‘Running Aid a Chairty Runner Campaign’ Competition Winners. Paul has won a full set of running kit, help with his training plans and Up & Running will be promoting CHF and his Challenges! You can follow them [...]
25/07/12 - Heart unit closure referred to Health Secretary
COUNCILLORS from across Yorkshire have agreed to refer the decision to close Leeds children’s heart surgery unit to the Health Secretary.
25/07/12 - One Show – Exclusive Sneak Peek
The Smith’s and the BBC working to film a piece on Pulse Ox Screening for the One Show due to be broadcast soon.
19/07/12 - My Hemel News- Georgina’s Mum Wins Backing From Local MP
MP Backs Think HEART
19/07/12 - My Watford News – Local Mum Receives Backing From Mayor
Local mum gets backing from mayor for Think HEART!
06/07/12 - Watford Observer – Treasure Hunt
Treasure hunt held in aid of Children’s Heart Federation 10:03am Friday 6th July 2012 in By Adam Binnie Couple organise charity treasure hunt A couple from Rickmansworth organised a treasure hunt event to raise money for a charity close to their heart. Michelle and Ian Crossley from Norfolk Road organised the event to to raise money [...]
06/07/12 - News & Star – WELCOME DECISION ON FREEMAN
Published at 11:25, Thursday, 05 July 2012 Decision day for the future of regional children’s heart surgery proved to be a nail-biting time for families in Cumbria. All indications had been that the Leeds bid to be the northern paediatric heart services centre would be successful and that children from this county would be faced [...]
06/07/12 - Sky News – Hospitals Told Child Heart Surgery Will Stop
Three hospitals providing children’s heart surgery in England have been told they must stop following an NHS review of resources. 8:40pm UK, Wednesday 04 July 2012 Three out of 10 specialist units will stop performing heart surgery on children following an NHS review which decided resources were spread too thinly. The Royal [...]
06/07/12 - The Local – Hospitals to stop child heart ops
Hospitals in Leicester, Leeds and the Royal Brompton in London are to stop performing heart surgery on children, it has been announced. In a move to streamline paediatric heart services, three of the 10 specialist units in England will stop performing such procedures on children. The move comes after an NHS review which concluded that [...]
06/07/12 - Yorkshire Evening Post – Leeds to Lose Children’s Heart Surgery Service
By Katie Baldwin Published on Wednesday 4 July 2012 20:42 Campaigners were left bitterly disappointed as experts decided to move children’s heart surgery out of Leeds. The decision was made at a meeting in London to centralise the service in Newcastle instead. Families of sick children and hospital heads were dismayed at the loss [...]
06/07/12 - Northern Echo – Freeman remains open but Leeds to Close
Specialist children’s heart unit at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital remains open – but Leeds to close 6:57pm Wednesday 4th July 2012 in News By Mark Summers Families and campaigners celebrate at the Freeman Hospital as the news is announced THERE was joy and despair as campaigners and supporters finally learnt the fate of the region’s two specialist [...]
06/07/12 - Press Association – Hospitals to stop child heart ops
(UKPA) – 05/07/2012 Hospitals in Leicester, Leeds and the Royal Brompton in London are to stop performing heart surgery on children, it has been announced. In a move to streamline paediatric heart services, three of the 10 specialist units in England will stop performing such procedures on children. The move comes after an NHS review [...]
05/07/12 - Halifax Courier – Leeds heart unit for children will close
Campaigners arriving at Downing Street, London, to hand in a petition against the possible closure of The children’s heart surgery unit at Leeds General Infirmary. Published on Thursday 5 July 2012 09:46 Calderdale families will have to travel to Newcastle or Liverpool for treatment in future following a decision to close the children’s heart surgery [...]
02/07/12 - Brombsgrove Standard – Bromsgrovian Clint to run 10k for childrens heart charity
By Tristan Harris 02/07 Clint will be running the British 10K on Sunday (July 8). A BROMSGROVE man will be running the British 10K on Sunday (June 8) to raise funds for the Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) – a charity which supports children with heart conditions. Clint Eastwood chose the cause as it helped his own son [...]
29/06/12 - Watford Observer – MP Backs Mum’s Awareness Campaign
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26/06/12 - Wimbledon Guardian – Eight times heart-surgery teen from Wimbledon to to run 10k
By Lauren May 3:59pm Tuesday 26th June 2012 A teenager with a serious heart condition is running 10k for charity despite having had surgery eight times to repair her heart and keep her alive. Emma Collins, 17, of Leeward Gardens, Wimbledon, was born with Tetralogy of Fallot, a heart condition which causes low oxygen levels in [...]
07/06/12 - Evesham Observer – Pershore MP Backs Think Heart
By Nigel Slater 07/06 Updated: 07/06 16:17 Pershore MP Harriett Baldwin has backed a new campaign to help parents learn more about discovering potential heart problems in children. PERSHORE’s MP Harriett Baldwin has pledged her full support to a new campaign helping parents to spot early signs of heart problems for children. The MP recently met with [...]
23/05/12 - Watford Observer – Alexandra Smith addresses MPs about Ebsteins Anomaly
12:06pm Wednesday 23rd May 2012 in News by: Ben Endley Mum’s bid to raise awareness of heart condition MPs listened with rapt attention as a mother from Kings Langley made a passionate plea for greater awareness about her daughter’s rare heart condition. Alexandra Smith, 33, of Ridgeway Close, addressed politicians including shadow health secretary Andy [...]
18/05/12 - Duncan Hames MP Supports Think HEART
Duncan Hames supports charity’s campaign for early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions Posted on 18 May, 2012 Duncan Hames met with Corsham resident Lena Pheby during the Children’s Heart Federation event in Parliament Duncan Hames MP has backed a new campaign by the UK’s leading children’s heart charity, The Children’s Heart Federation, which seeks to increase [...]
18/05/12 - The Bolton News – Think HEART
Leigh MP backs HEART campaign 8:40pm Friday 18th May 2012 in North West A NEW campaign by the UK’s leading children’s heart charity to step up the early diagnosis of heart conditions for children has been backed by the Shadow Health Secretary, Leigh MP Andy Burnham. The Children’s Heart Federation has launched the Think HEART campaign [...]
08/05/12 - Express – OUR GIRL IS KEPT ALIVE BY A REMOTE CONTROL
Mia has been fitted with a device that grows with her/STUART MASON Tuesday May 8,2012 By Adrian Lee BORN with holes in her heart MIA PERSOGLIO has been fitted with a device that grows with her. Long before Natalie Persoglio’s first child was born she knew her little girl faced a battle for survival. While [...]
25/04/12 - Uxbridge Gazette – Harefield Hospital Trust must shell out £1.2m after losing court battle
Apr 25 2012 by Jenny Coombes, Uxbridge Gazette THE trust that runs Harefield Hospital will have to pay out £1million in costs, after losing a court case. On Thursday last week, a panel of Appeal Court judges overturned a previous ruling that a consulation carried out by another arm of the NHS into plans to shut a [...]
19/04/12 - The Huffington Post UK
NHS Racks Up ‘Horrific’ £1.2m Legal Bill The “horrific” legal bill for what is believed to be the first courtroom battle between one NHS body and another has triggered public dismay. The heated clash between the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, west London, and the body with the task of streamlining children’s heart surgery services [...]
19/04/12 - BBC London – Legal bid over Royal Brompton Hospital heart unit lost
Legal bid over Royal Brompton Hospital heart unit lost The Royal Brompton Hospital says closing the unit would be “bureaucratic vandalism” Continue reading the main story Related Stories Heart unit legal bid ‘premature’ Brompton wins heart surgery case Review into heart unit’s closure A consultation that led to the proposed closure of a paediatric heart [...]
19/04/12 - ITV London – Royal Brompton Loses Appeal
The Court of Appeal has decided that NHS consultations over the future of children’s heart services were lawful. The Royal Brompton Hospital launched a legal challenge, after the review led to proposals that their kids’ heart unit should be closed. Latest ITV News reports Hospital loses appeal 7:35 PM, THU 19 APR 2012 Royal [...]
18/04/12 - Milton Keynes Citizen – Federation has a Heart over Easter
Published on Wednesday 18 April 2012 The Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) brightened up Easter for children suffering from heart conditions, with help from Virgin Money. Staff from Virgin Money’s Milton Keynes branch, along with representatives from national charity CHF, today visited Birmingham Children’s Hospital to deliver chocolate Easter eggs donated by Virgin Money staff and customers. All 36 [...]
02/02/12 - The Telegraph – Heart defect baby screening method ‘could save hundreds’
A new method of screening newborn babies for the most serious heart defects could save hundreds more lives a year, say scientists. Babies with potentially lethal heart defects can appear to be perfectly healthy. Photo: GETTY By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent 7:00AM BST 02 May 2012 Every year between 750 and 1,300 babies are born with what doctors [...]
01/02/11 - Bournemouth Daily Echo
“Television star Debra Stephenson made an instant impression on primary school pupils when she helped them create cuddly Valentine’s Day gifts for children suffering from congenital heart defects. The Coronation Street and Bad Girls actress took time off to visit the Build- A-Bear Workshop in Commercial Road, Bournemouth, where she met foundation year pupils from [...]
01/04/10 - The Parliament Magazine
The Children’s Heart Federation was invited to contribute to the April 2010 issue The Parliament Magazine. This widely circulated publication reaches many of Europe’s key decision-makers. CHF took this unique opportunity to make the whole of Europe aware of our mission statement and to elicit support from individuals and organisations with mutual interests. We also used [...]
01/03/10 - The Telegraph – Ministers ignored safety warnings for years over children’s heart surgery
Ministers repeatedly ignored warnings about the safety of Britain’s child heart surgery units, it can be revealed. By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent 9:00PM GMT 06 Mar 2010 In 2001, a public inquiry into the deaths of dozens of babies at Bristol Royal Infirmary said cardiac units should be barred from carrying out paediatric surgery unless they met safety [...]
