Proposed Congenital Heart Disease Standards and Service specifications
Overview
NHS England, as the body responsible for commissioning specialised congenital heart services, is undertaking a national review of congenital heart services for children and adults.
Attached below are:
- a consultation document, introducing the standards and specifications and setting out the key questions we are asking;
- the standards and specifications on which we are consulting, combined together in a single document;
- an easy-read version of the consultation document;
- and a reference pack which pulls together useful background information which has been published during the review to date.
If you would like more information about NHS England’s congenital heart disease review or the consultation process please visit our website.
Consultation materials have been translated into Polish, Tamil, Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Punjabi and Welsh and can be accessed via our Translated Materials page. If you have any questions about our materials, or you require them in an alternative format (e.g. braille or other languages), please contact a member of the Congenital Heart Disease Review Team.
If you are unable to complete the online response and would like to respond to the consultation by post or email please complete a response form (see below) and send to Dialogue by Design at one of the addresses provided on the form. Dialogue by Design are an independent organisation who are providing expert analysis of the responses to this consultation for NHS England, so please ensure postal and email responses are sent directly to them. Their email address for responses is: CHDconsultation@dialoguebydesign.co.uk