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Under which specialty children were managed pre-operatively at the BRI

11 Mr Wisheart explained that elective patients were admitted to and cared for pre-operatively in the BRI under the joint care of cardiologists and surgeons: `... but there was a greater surgical contribution due to the fact that the paediatric cardiologists did most of their work at the BRHSC'. [12]

12 Julia Thomas, Clinical Nurse Manager of the Cardiac Unit, [13] told the Inquiry that on arrival at the BRI, if a child was very ill, he would either go straight to theatre or to the ICU, but otherwise would be admitted to the nursery for pre-operative care: `... once at the BRI, the children were under the care of the consultant paediatric cardiac surgeon, but care was also the responsibility of the multi-disciplinary team involving relevant medical specialties and nursing staff'. [14]

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Footnotes

[12] WIT 0120 0126 Mr Wisheart

[13] From 1988-1992, now a G grade Sister

[14] WIT 0213 0028 Julia Thomas