Bristol Royal infirmary inquiry
NHS plan to shut child heart surgery units causes outcry
NHS England defied as it seeks to boost surgeons’ skills with bigger pool of patients at fewer sites, shutting Royal Brompton, Leicester and Manchester units
UK children's heart surgery death rates nearly halve in 10 years
Better care has led to a fall in fatality rates even as the number of cases rose over the past decade, according to research published in Open Heart journal
Should the NHS publish patients’ death rates? The experts’ view
Heart surgeons’ body writes to NHS England about proposals to publish surgeon-specific mortality rates, saying it causes doctors to avoid riskier operations
What's in this big issue?
From waiting lists to hospital league tables, from the Alder Hey organs scandal to the Bristol Royal infirmary inquiry, the performance of the NHS, and the people who work for it, is under scrutiny as never before.
Timeline: Bristol Royal infirmary inquiry
The Bristol Royal infirmary inquiry: the issue explained
Main points of the Bristol Royal infirmary inquiry report
League tables to show surgeon death rates
'There's no incentive to admit error, only to cover up'
'There's no incentive to admit error, only to cover up'
Medical schools branded 'elitist' in Bristol report
The public inquiry into the death of children at Bristol Royal Infirmary labelled medical colleges elitist and said they failed to select "from a diverse range of social and ethnic backgrounds".
Arrogance let babies die - now a chance to mend NHS
A radical blueprint for a patient-driven health service independent in crucial respects from the government of the day was delivered yesterday by the Kennedy inquiry into the deaths of babies undergoing heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.
Arrogance let babies die - now a chance to mend NHS
Q&A: Bristol Royal infirmary inquiry
Bristol heart babies report published
'Arrogant' doctors rapped on child organ removal
'Arrogant' doctors rapped on child organ removal
Bristol child deaths inquiry will be wide ranging
The inquiry into the deaths of child heart patients at the Bristol Royal infirmary will also investigate those left brain-damaged or otherwise seriously disabled, said the chairman, Ian Kennedy, yesterday.
