Annex A > Chapter 7 - Supra Regional Services > Developments in Wales until the designation of NICS as a supra regional service > The development of a paediatric cardiac service in Wales
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The development of a paediatric cardiac service in Wales
71 Mr Peter Gregory, Director of the NHS in Wales since 1994, told the Inquiry that:
`In the late 1970s, partly as a consequence, I think, of the appointment of a new Chief Medical Officer, now Professor Gareth Crompton, it became evident to the Department [Welsh Office] that there was a need for a comprehensive review of services and policy towards the provision of cardiothoracic services [adult and paediatric] in Wales.' [57]
72 A Working Party into cardiothoracic services in Wales was set up in 1979. The Working Party reported to the Welsh Medical Committee. The genesis of the Working Party was explained by Mr Gregory as being due to:
`... professional concern at the inadequacy of Cardiac Services in Wales in the light of proportionately higher morbidity and mortality in Wales ...' [58]
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Footnotes
[58] WIT 0058 0010 Mr Gregory