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Report of the performance of the PCS Service in 1993

86 No Annual Report or figures were produced by the Unit in 1993. The Unit's return to the UK Cardiac Surgical Register (UKCSR) showed figures for open-heart surgery: [95]

87 There was no record of the Unit having received or considered the 1992/93 figures from the UKCSR, but when the figures for 1993/94 were available (in mid to late 1994) they showed overall mortality in the under-1 group as being 10.5%, and that for the over-1s as being 5.4%. [96] The figures were available from the UKCSR for 1992/93. These record that, for the year 1992, mortality in the UK in the under-1 age group was 14%, and in the over-1 age group was 5.4%. [97]

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[95] Figures taken from UBHT 0055 0221; report to the UK Cardiac Surgical Register for 1992-1993; figures in parentheses are for deaths

[96] Figures taken from UBHT 0055 0377; Unit return to the UK Cardiac Surgical Register 1993

[97] Figures taken from UBHT 0055 0377; Unit return to the UK Cardiac Surgical Register 1993