Allow Glenfield Hospital to continue with complex heart surgery

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Glenfield Hospital in Leicester has been ordered by the NHS to halt complex heart surgeries for patients born with heart problems. This will mean that patients and their families will have to travel much further to find life saving operations. This means many patients risk losing their lives.

Congenital heart disease is the most frequent form of major birth defects in newborns affecting close to 1% of newborn babies (8 per 1,000) - chd-uk.co.uk

It has been estimated that there are currently 250,000 adults with CHD in the UK - chd-uk.co.uk

CHD’s are the #1 cause of DEATH from a birth defect, killing twice as many children as cancer every year - chd-uk.co.uk

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Overturn NHS decision to stop children's heart surgery at Glenfield Hospital

Timeline

8 Jul 2016	Petition opened for signatures
20 Jul 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Jul 2016

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