Live Video: Future of Southampton's children heart unit (From Daily Echo)
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Live Video: Future of Southampton General Hospital's children's cardiac unit
2:49pm Wednesday 4th July 2012 in News
Southampton General Hospital
A live stream of the meeting which decides the future of the children's cardiac unit at Southampton General Hospital.
• Click here for a live video of the meeting
Comments(6)
S Pance
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5:51pm Wed 4 Jul 12
London certainly won't lose their unit as everything is biased towards the capital. If Bristol is closed then where will people from Devon and Cornwall go?
I really, really hope Soton stays open but suspect it'll close. :(
S Pance
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5:57pm Wed 4 Jul 12
davecg99
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6:34pm Wed 4 Jul 12
S Pance
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6:52pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Well done to eveyone who battled to save the unit!
cantthinkofone
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11:19pm Wed 4 Jul 12
davecg99 wrote:Because there are more people in London. The principle is that every centre should be performing a minimum number of ops each year per surgeon, as the evidence is that this makes them safer and more children survive. London has a large enough population to make two centres sustainable.
Each of the 4 options allows for 2 children's heart centres in London. Why? London is expensive to get to by train, impossible to park in if going by car and ideal only for people who live in and around London. Surely it would be fairer to have one each in London, Bristol and Southampton.
S Pance says...
5:46pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Fingers crossed that Soton survives.