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Summary and chronology
1 In 1983 it was agreed between the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS), the regional health authorities (RHAs) and the Joint Consultants Committee (JCC) that new supra regional service (SRS) arrangements would be introduced. The arrangements came into force at the beginning of the financial year 1983/84 with neonatal and infant cardiac surgery (NICS) being included in the scheme from the start of the financial year 1984/85.
2 The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE) and the Royal College of Physicians of London (RCP) set up a joint working party that reported on 1 September 1986 into the matter of proliferation.
3 In December 1987 the Welsh Office asked the RCP to set up a task force to review cardiac surgery and cardiology in Wales.
4 On 22 January 1988 the Supra Regional Services Advisory Group (SRSAG), for the first time, discussed the possible de-designation of the whole service.
5 In May 1988 the RCP reported the Welsh Office as saying, amongst other things, that South Wales was capable of sustaining its own cardiac service.
6 On 28 July 1992 it was agreed that the SRS for NICS should be de-designated with effect from April 1994.
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