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Leeds General Infirmary children's heart surgery to resume Leeds General Infirmary children's heart surgery to resume
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Children's heart surgery is set to restart at Leeds General Infirmary, a week after it was claimed data showed higher-than-usual death rates there.Children's heart surgery is set to restart at Leeds General Infirmary, a week after it was claimed data showed higher-than-usual death rates there.
Operations are due to resume early next week after a meeting between NHS bosses and other partners on Thursday night.Operations are due to resume early next week after a meeting between NHS bosses and other partners on Thursday night.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said work would be done to give "sufficient assurance" the unit is safe to reopen.Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said work would be done to give "sufficient assurance" the unit is safe to reopen.
Data suggested death rates were double that of other centres, but the accuracy of the figures has been questioned. The BBC understands Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt believes the NHS was right to investigate safety at the unit.
Doctors and other medical experts said the information had been unverified and was not fit to base a decision to close the unit on. Sources close to Mr Hunt said that after scandals such as Mid Staffordshire, the NHS had been correct to ask questions about safety in Leeds.
Maggie Boyle, chief executive of the trust, said: "I am extremely confident that this service is safe and effective and should recommence at the earliest opportunity. I want partner organisations to be as confident in the service as I am." Data suggested death rates there were double that of other centres, although the accuracy of the figures has been questioned.
'Losing faith' Doctors and other medical experts said the information had not been verified and was not fit to base a decision to close the unit on.
Parents had criticised the timing of the suspension of surgery at the unit, which came 24 hours after a High Court judge ruled that a decision-making process to close it as part of an England-wide reorganisation of services was "legally flawed".
Sir Bruce Keogh, the medical director of NHS England, said the figures were among a "constellation of reasons" the decision was made.Sir Bruce Keogh, the medical director of NHS England, said the figures were among a "constellation of reasons" the decision was made.
A senior Westminster source has told the BBC that "as far as the secretary of state is concerned, Sir Bruce Keogh was right to ask questions about the safety of heart surgery at the unit".
Parents had criticised the timing of the suspension of surgery at the unit, which came 24 hours after a High Court judge ruled that a decision-making process to close it as part of an England-wide reorganisation of services was "legally flawed".
'Losing faith'
Stuart Andrew, the Conservative MP for Pudsey, called for "some really serious investigating" into the decision to suspend surgery.Stuart Andrew, the Conservative MP for Pudsey, called for "some really serious investigating" into the decision to suspend surgery.
Mr Andrew claimed that a review of the mortality figures showed that "Leeds is within the average and is a safe unit to use".Mr Andrew claimed that a review of the mortality figures showed that "Leeds is within the average and is a safe unit to use".
He said that the recent events raised questions about the NHS decision to close the Leeds unit for good and concentrate children's heart surgery in fewer centres.He said that the recent events raised questions about the NHS decision to close the Leeds unit for good and concentrate children's heart surgery in fewer centres.
"We are losing faith in that review process," said Mr Andrew."We are losing faith in that review process," said Mr Andrew.
"Some of these people are the same people on that decision-making body.""Some of these people are the same people on that decision-making body."
Lois Brown, whose five-year-old daughter had life-saving heart treatment at the hospital, described the decision to restart surgery as "fantastic".Lois Brown, whose five-year-old daughter had life-saving heart treatment at the hospital, described the decision to restart surgery as "fantastic".
Ms Brown has been involved in the campaign and court action to save the unit from closure.Ms Brown has been involved in the campaign and court action to save the unit from closure.
She said she wanted answers as to why the unit was shut.She said she wanted answers as to why the unit was shut.
"I'm really relieved that children are going to get surgery at Leeds again," she said."I'm really relieved that children are going to get surgery at Leeds again," she said.
"For the past week and a bit we have been putting children's lives at risk for no reason, apparently.""For the past week and a bit we have been putting children's lives at risk for no reason, apparently."