Suspension of children's heart surgery a 'knee-jerk reaction'

The medical director of NHS in the UK has insisted his move to suspend children's heart surgery in Leeds was not a "knee-jerk reaction".

Suspension of children's heart surgery a 'knee-jerk reaction'

The medical director of NHS in the UK has insisted his move to suspend children's heart surgery in Leeds was not a "knee-jerk reaction".

Sir Bruce Keogh said that he could not "sit on" data about high death rates without doing something about it.

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