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A REVIEW of specialist heart surgery units for children has cost more than ?8 million, a Leeds MP said today.
Tory MP Stuart Andrew said he had discovered NHS England had spent more than ?300,000 alone on legal fees, and another ?1.7 million on external communications consultants, as he urged it to drop its appeal against a High Court ruling that its decision to cut the number of specialist centres was ?legally flawed?.
In a written parliamentary answer to the MP for Pudsey, the Health Minister Anna Soubry said NHS England?s ?safe and sustainable review? - set up to look at the number and locations of children?s heart units across England - had cost more than ?8 million since 2009.
Of that, ?301,000 was spent on legal fees to fight a judicial review brought by the campaign group Save our Surgery against its decision to close the unit at Leeds General Infirmary last month. Another ?1.74 million was spent on ?external communications consultants?, and a further ?6,036,000 was spent on ?other costs?.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...nt-8m-on-leeds-heart-surgery-review-1-5617031
So it's not what the headline says then, it's all the hospitals being reviewed 🙄
Tory MP Stuart Andrew said he had discovered NHS England had spent more than ?300,000 alone on legal fees, and another ?1.7 million on external communications consultants, as he urged it to drop its appeal against a High Court ruling that its decision to cut the number of specialist centres was ?legally flawed?.
In a written parliamentary answer to the MP for Pudsey, the Health Minister Anna Soubry said NHS England?s ?safe and sustainable review? - set up to look at the number and locations of children?s heart units across England - had cost more than ?8 million since 2009.
Of that, ?301,000 was spent on legal fees to fight a judicial review brought by the campaign group Save our Surgery against its decision to close the unit at Leeds General Infirmary last month. Another ?1.74 million was spent on ?external communications consultants?, and a further ?6,036,000 was spent on ?other costs?.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...nt-8m-on-leeds-heart-surgery-review-1-5617031
So it's not what the headline says then, it's all the hospitals being reviewed 🙄