Guide sheet for key questions on the review of children’s congenital cardiac services in

England response form

The most important questions to answer are listed below with reasons for supporting Option B. You may
wish to respond to the other questions (1-6, 8-10, 15-17) as well but if you don’t have time, please return
the form part filled - it is still valid.

Question 7 – Do you support the proposal for two Specialist Surgical Centres in London?
• Tick - Support 2 surgical centres in London

Question 11 - Thinking about the proposals put forward by the NHS for the Safe and Sustainable
Review, please indicate the extent to which you support or oppose EACH of the FOUR alternative
proposed options A, B, C or D for the location of the Specialist Surgical Centres outside London
• Tick - Strongly support Option B
• Tick - Strongly oppose Options A, C & D

Question 12 – And, which ONE of the FOUR alternative proposed options, if any, is your preferred
option for the location of the Specialist Surgical Centres outside London?
• Tick - Option B

Question 13 – Which ONE of the FOUR alternative proposed options would be your next most
preferred option for the location of the Specialist Surgical Centres in the future?
• Tick - None of these

Question 14 – What, if any, comments do you have on the proposals for Specialist Surgical Centres
outside London?
• Option B is best as it:
- Has centres scoring highest for quality
- Has centres with the best survival rates for surgery
- Has centres which already undertake complex surgery
- Provides excellent access to patients from all parts of the country

Question 16 – Please give your reasons for your preferred configuration for the location of the
Specialist Surgical Centres in the future (given at the previous question).
• Because this configuration
- Has centres scoring highest for quality
- Has centres with the best survival rates for surgery
- Has centres which already undertake complex surgery
- Provides excellent access to patients from all parts of the country

Question 18 – What, if any, comments do you have about the assumption we have made concerning
how postcodes have been assigned in any of the four options for the Specialist Surgical Centres?
• The Oxford- Southampton partnership provides a model of joint working between centres
• Patient choice is a fundamental principle of the NHS. Patients will travel to quality centres
undertaking complex surgery with good survival rates

Question 19 (Are you responding on your own behalf or on behalf of an organisation or group?) to
Question 29 (Do you consider yourself to have a disability?)
• Please provide your personal details

Question 30 - Please give the first part of your postcode

• Important - please enter your postcode