PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Heart Diseases: Greater London (17 January 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the costs associated with the expansion of staff and facilities at units required to accommodate the transfer of services from the Royal Brompton Hospital as a result of the proposed closure of congenital heart disease services at that hospital will be met by (a) NHS England and (b) Trusts.

Asked by:
Dr Rupa Huq (Labour)

NHS England will make a decision on its proposals for changes to adult and children’s congenital heart services in England following a consultation. It has worked, and will continue to work, with providers and other stakeholders to assess the impact of these proposals. NHS England intends to publish an impact assessment and other relevant information when its consultation on the proposals for congenital heart disease services begins.

Answered by:
Philip Dunne (Conservative)
25 January 2017