01/10/2003
£93m set aside for heart patients
A £93 million investment package has been set aside to reduce waiting times for patients suffering from heart ailments, the government announced today.
The funding will pay for schemes including: a £56.2 million cardiac centre at Basildon Hospital; a £16.6 million extension at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester; and £20.9 million to expand the cardiac centre at Nottingham City Hospital.
Existing schemes for Southampton and Blackpool have been given the final go-ahead, with similar news expected shortly on plans for Liverpool.
"The work that the NHS has done to improve the way that we prevent deaths from heart disease and relieve suffering is an example of what the NHS can do, given the money and given the will to change," said the Health Secretary John Reid.
Nobody is waiting more than nine months for their heart operation and there are more heart surgeons and cardiologists in the UK, he claimed.
"There is much further to go. The new schemes I have announced today will shorten waits and ensure that staff can care for patients in first-rate modern facilities."
The Health Secretary also announced more investment to shorten the time it takes to be diagnosed with heart disease.
Heart disease is currently the UK's No1 killer.
(gmcg)
The funding will pay for schemes including: a £56.2 million cardiac centre at Basildon Hospital; a £16.6 million extension at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester; and £20.9 million to expand the cardiac centre at Nottingham City Hospital.
Existing schemes for Southampton and Blackpool have been given the final go-ahead, with similar news expected shortly on plans for Liverpool.
"The work that the NHS has done to improve the way that we prevent deaths from heart disease and relieve suffering is an example of what the NHS can do, given the money and given the will to change," said the Health Secretary John Reid.
Nobody is waiting more than nine months for their heart operation and there are more heart surgeons and cardiologists in the UK, he claimed.
"There is much further to go. The new schemes I have announced today will shorten waits and ensure that staff can care for patients in first-rate modern facilities."
The Health Secretary also announced more investment to shorten the time it takes to be diagnosed with heart disease.
Heart disease is currently the UK's No1 killer.
(gmcg)
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