RCPCH President on Woman’s Hour
The President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Dr Hilary Cass, featured on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour yesterday (05/07/2012), talking about her vision for improving children’s health services. She told the programme that in terms of mortality rates for children up to the ages of 18, the UK is ‘comparing poorly not just with Sweden but most of Western Europe.'
She added: 'It's a whole system problem. It's not about paediatrics doing badly or GPs doing badly or A&E doctors, it's about how we work together across system and how well trained everyone is to recognise a child who is sick.'
Dr Cass also talked about her support for the recent decision to concentrate children's heart surgery in fewer, larger units.
Listen again to Hilary’s interview on the BBC Radio 4 website.
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