CARDIAC SERVICES AND ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

That this House notes the superb services the cardiac department at Alder Hey Children's Hospital provides to Liverpool, Merseyside and a wider catchment area of over seven million people across North West England and North Wales; welcomes the Government's decision to include Alder Hey Children's Hospital in all four options of the safe and sustainable review of congenital heart services to children; and urges the Government to ensure Alder Hey Children's Hospital, with its highly regarded cardiac unit, continues to be a centre for specialist cardiac surgical expertise.