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Re-location of Hampshire Children's Heart Services to Bristol
CHILDREN'S HEART SERVICES
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):
264 To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made on proposals to re-locate children's heart services in Hampshire to Bristol. [56928]
265 To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons he proposes to re-locate children's heart services in Hampshire to Bristol. [56929]
MR SIMON BURNS
The Safe and Sustainable review of children's heart services in England is being conducted by the NHS Specialised Commissioning Team. We have however been following its progress.
No decision has yet been made on the location of children's heart surgery units. The proposed options for children's congenital heart services are currently being consulted on. Patients and the public have the opportunity to make their views known during the formal public consultation process which closes on 1 July. This is an open consultation and is not pre-determined. Alternative options may be proposed and will be considered. The Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts, overseeing the consultation, will consider an independent analysis of the consultation responses, reports from overview and scrutiny committees, and a health impact assessment. The Committee is expected to make a decision in autumn 2011.
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