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The status of paediatric cardiac surgical services in Bristol
134 Dr Joffe told the Inquiry that he considered that paediatric cardiac surgery and paediatric cardiology were given a lower priority than adult cardiac services. Developments in the children's services were, he said, achieved: `... on the back of adult developments...'. [185] He commented, in evidence in the following exchange:
`Q. In comparison with the adult service it was the orphan service, was it?
`A. Yes, it was the stepchild, it always has been ...' [186]
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