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The South West Regional Health Authority

11 We heard from Miss Catherine Hawkins, Regional General Manager, SWRHA, of the concerns expressed to her by purchasers about their contracts for cardiac surgical services. She passed on these concerns to Dr Roylance, indicating that the information would be of value to Mr Wisheart.

12 These concerns, however, were about the service in general of which PCS services for children over 1 was only a small part (PCS on the under-1s was funded through the SRSAG). This meant that Dr Roylance was able to interpret, or did interpret, them as concerns about the contracting process, not about the quality of care and therefore not indicative of a need for any inquiry into PCS.