In July 2015, the NHS England Board agreed on new standards and service specifications for congenital heart disease services and developed a three tier model with split levels of treatment options and responsibilities. The model divides all centres into the following: Specialist Surgical Centres (Level 1) that provide the most highly specialised diagnostics and care including all surgery and most interventional cardiology Specialist Cardiology Centres (Level 2) that provide specialist medical care, but no surgeries or interventional cardiology Local Cardiology Centres (Level 3) that provide initial diagnostics and ongoing monitoring and care, and services run by general paediatricians/cardiologists with a ...
Over the summer the Government announced plans to set up a Commission to review the freedom of information regime.This could have been an opportunity for celebration. An update of the Freedom of Information Act to take account of the increased prevalence of technology in the storage and management of information would be well overdue. Changes to take account of the fact that increasingly, public services are delivered by bodies who are not subject to the Act would also be welcome. There would be a range of other opportunities to clean up and clarify key provisions in the interests of ...
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