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Other meetings

446 In addition to the four types of audit meeting set out above, Mr Dhasmana pointed out that weekly departmental teaching sessions took place on Friday mornings, and joint cardiac and thoracic surgical meetings took place on Wednesday evenings. Although these meetings were mainly used as teaching sessions for junior members of surgical staff he stated that: `... on some occasions, case reviews, both individual and of series, were presented and unit figures were audited. On occasions specific post-operative problems in case management were also audited at these meetings. Most of these related to adult cardiac surgery.' [534]

447 Mr Wisheart stated that some reviews of series of clinical cases were carried out on an ad hoc basis: `Some of these reviews took place within the format of the multi-disciplinary evening meeting, some within the paediatric cardiological audit programme and others at ad hoc meetings.' [535]

448 Mr Wisheart also stated that: `Reviews of series of patients were carried out with the intention of communicating the findings to scientific meetings or publishing them in peer review journals'; for example, in respect of the Mustard and Senning operations, and that `These might be regarded as being outside the audit process, the findings were usually also presented at an audit or educational meeting within the Department.' [536]

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[534] WIT 0084 0024 Mr Dhasmana

[535] WIT 0120 0397 Mr Wisheart

[536] WIT 0120 0397 Mr Wisheart