Commissioners can find a lot of useful information in the Society's publications on National activity and outcomes. Members refer to these publications as 'the blue book'.
Specialised services are defined in law as those services with a planning population of more than one million people. This means that a specialised service would not be provided by every hospital in England; generally, it would be provided by less than 50. These services are mainly planned for and commissioned across a wider population than one individual Primary Care Trust. Challenges for these services can include the training of specialist staff, supporting high quality research programmes and making best use of staff expertise and high tech equipment.
So far, there were two well established areas of special commissioning: Congenital heart surgery and transplantations. More recently, London commissioners suggested that mitral valve repair and complex aortic surgery should also be specially commissioned.
The Society has recently formed 4 working groups in order to help and advise commissioners in the complex commissioning process. We will soon publish the results of our survey on commissioning in England. The results of the survey will be published in this website (click here).
UK Cardiothoracic Centres
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Adult Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Scotland
Heart bypass (CABG) operations
North of Scotland Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
About the unit
We provide adult cardiac and thoracic surgical services in the north of Scotland including Orkney and Shetland. Located at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Foresterhill site, the...
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Congenital Cardiac Surgery
North West
Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Surgeons
Alphonso N
Venugopal P
Franks R
Hoschititzky J
Dhannapuneni R
Address
Eaton Road
West Derby
Liverpool
L12 2AP
Tel: 0151 228 4811
Trust Website: http://www.alderhey.co.uk/
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Adult Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
London
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, London Bart’s and the London
About the unit
Barts and The London NHS Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in Britain serving over 2.5 million people. It is formed of 3 hospitals: The London Chest (founded in 1848, in Bethnal Green), St...
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Adult Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
East England
The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre
About the unit
The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre opened in 2007 is one of the most modern of its kind in the country, with the latest equipment and technology, including state-of-the-art operating theatres and cardiac catheter laboratories. Offering specialist...
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West Midlands
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Location:
Ladywood Middleway
Birmigham
B16 8ET
Tel: 0121 333 9999 for the main switchboard.
Trust Website: http://www.bch.org.uk/
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