Healthcare at Papworth..
...we'll talk tonight about report.
Heart transplants have been allowed to resume at Papworth Hospital near Cambridge after concerns about the number of patient deaths. The Healthcare Commission stepped in this month after seven of the 20 adult heart transplant patients died within 30 days. It found no common factors to explain the rise in early mortality. At around 1430 I'll be recording an interview with Nigel Ellis who heads investigations at the Commission.
UPDATE: We weren't able to fit this item into tonight's programme, but you can listen to Nigel Ellis's interview here (3.24 mins)
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As the newsletter says you'll be discussing the Northern Rock phenomenon, I wanted to say I've been a fan of Dire Straits for decades.
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ed
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The report says that a number of
important checks and safeguards will be put in place, but the recommendations appear to suggest changes in actual practice, such as the way in which harvested organs are stored and the use of cardioplegic solution to cool the heart.
This seems to imply that previous practices were not up to scratch.
It's probably down to a change in courier services....
As it says in the link, Papworth themselves suspended the operations, and called in the Healthcare commission. Eddie's comment above makes it sound as if the commission had to stop Papworth from continuing. This is a completely different situation. In this case Papworth themselves called a halt and sort expert help when they noticed the triend. This is not true in other cases (Bristol), so it is a general improvement, or just a one off?
If I had sought a trend it would not be here (4)
R Whiting (5)
Don't understand your comment. As I recall, Papworth said that the statistics on the survival rates had changed - presumably crossed a threashold - and thus they called a halt.