MPs to get vote over threatened closure of child heart unit

Amid anger at the proposals to shut several units to concentrate services in a smaller number of centres, MPs will be able to vote later this month to urge the Government to halt the whole review.

In the wake of the recent “pause” in the Government’s shake-up of the NHS – which led to the Government changing its plans – MPs are hoping to convince Ministers to re-think plans for children’s heart surgery.