Yesterday the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust announced that it would temporarily suspend paediatric heart surgery at John Radcliffe Hospital. This follows four deaths since late last year. The trust has commissioned a review of the deaths to determine if there are problems with the care and treatment provided.
CQC last night released the following statement...
A CQC spokesperson said: "We will monitor this situation extremely closely. It is reassuring that the trust has taken action to ensure the immediate safety of patients. This is high-risk surgery and the trust is taking the right steps in conducting a review."
Also of note...
In 2007, the Healthcare Commission conducted an investigation into cardio thoracic surgery for adults and made recommendations for improvement. "... the service that the trust provided for patients requiring CABG, while not currently unsafe, lacked some key components of a high quality service."
The investigation report is on our website under publications from previous commissions:
http://www.cqc.org.uk/_db/_documents/Oxford_Radcliffe_tagged1.pdf
The trust's action plan:
http://www.cqc.org.uk/_db/_documents/Oxford_Radcliffe_investigation_Action_plan.pdf
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