Annex A > Chapter 19 - Statistics Relating to the Clinical Performance of Paediatric Cardiac Surgical Services in Bristol Compared with Other Specialist Centres during the Period 1984 to 1995 > Statistics relating to clinical performance at other specialist centres (for the purpose of comparison) available from external sources

Statistics relating to clinical performance at other specialist centres (for the purpose of comparison) available from external sources

42 During the period of the Inquiry's Terms of Reference, statistics relating to the clinical performance of other specialist centres, as well as the Bristol service, could be derived from three main external sources:

• the data from the UKSCR, made available to the cardiac surgeons in Bristol by the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons;
• the Department of Health's and Royal Colleges' national working parties on supra regional units for neonatal and infant cardiac surgery in England and Wales; [67], [68]
• externally produced ad hoc reports on the clinical performance of the paediatric cardiac service (PCS) in Bristol relative to other specialist centres (such as the report by Jo Weston and Mr Martin Elliott, [69] and the report by Mr (later Professor) Marc de Leval following his visit to the UBHT with Dr Stewart Hunter on 10 February 1995 [70]).

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[67] For example, the report commissioned by the DHSS from the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland: UBHT 0061 0205; `Interim Report of the Working Party on Neonatal and Infant Supra Regional Cardiac Surgical Units in England and Wales', July 1989. Graphs of figures are at UBHT 0061 0212 - 0217 . See also Chapter 6

[68] For example, DOH 0002 0112; `Report from the Working Party Set Up by the Royal College of Surgeons of England on Neonatal and Infant Cardiac Surgery: Supra Regional Funding and Designation', June 1992. Tables of figures are at DOH 0002 0116 - 0124 . See also Chapter 6

[69] JDW 0004 0930; `Comparative Analysis of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Outcome Data from Bristol', April 1995

[70] UBHT 0061 0471; `Bristol Paediatric Cardiac Surgery 1990-1995', an independent commentary by Mr Marc de Leval with tables of comparative data, and an introduction by Mr Hugh Ross, Chief Executive of UBHT, January 1996. See also Chapter 30