Children's heart surgery suspended
HEALTH regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has vowed to monitor the situation after child heart surgery was suspended at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
The Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust suspended the surgery while it investigates the deaths of four children.
A CQC spokesman said: "We will monitor this situation extremely closely.
"It is reassuring that the trust has taken action to ensure the immediate safety of patients.
"This is high risk surgery and the trust is taking the right steps in conducting a review."
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