The NHS Safe and Sustainable review suggested there should be fewer, larger paediatric cardiac surgery centres in future and earmarked the Brompton’s unit for closure.
But the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust claimed the Safe and Sustainable recommendations are "fundamentally flawed" because the review team failed to properly consult on their plans.
The trust argued that the decision to reduce the number of children’s heart surgery centres in London from three to two was based on the perception that London had to "share the pain" of closure in an effort to show willing to other centres around the country. This decision was "not based on any clinical evidence", they said.
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