Saturday, March 30, 2013

BBC News - Leeds heart surgery death figures wrong, says cardiologist

BBC News - Leeds heart surgery death figures wrong, says cardiologist: "Leeds heart surgery death figures wrong, says cardiologist


Elspeth Brown: ""We are confident that our mortality figures are well within what would be expected"Continue reading the main story
Related Stories

Leeds child heart ops 'had to stop'
Children's heart surgery was wrongly suspended at Leeds General Infirmary because of "incomplete" information, a senior doctor has said.

The unit was shut after the NHS medical director said data showed mortality figures were higher than expected.

But cardiologist Elspeth Brown said the data did not include all the operations, and that staff were confident in their clinical work.

NHS managers say various factors contributed to the suspension.

Surgery was suspended on Thursday, just 24 hours after a High Court ruling kept the unit open."