The NHS Safe and Sustainable review team, which has been conducting a review of all hospitals that provide children’s heart surgery, has recommended that any reconfiguration of services in England should not include the John Radcliffe's Hospital.
Leslie Hamilton, immediate past president for the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery and a steering group member for the review team, said: "The NHS needs to ensure the very best outcomes for children. The new standards raise the bar on quality and all surgical centres will need to meet these standards. The NHS review team will recommend that the Oxford centre will find it the most difficult - of all the centres - to meet the NHS Safe and Sustainable standards."
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