BRIS-193
Response
Historic
AI-assessed
Stipulate minimum paediatric cardiac surgery procedure volumes for hospitals to ensure outcomes
Recommendation
With regard to paediatric cardiac surgery, the standards should stipulate the minimum number of procedures which must be performed in a hospital over a given period of time in order to have the best opportunity of achieving good outcomes for children. PCS must not be undertaken in hospitals which do not meet the minimum number of procedures. Considerations of ease of access to a hospital should not be taken into account in determining whether PCS should be undertaken at that hospital.
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific government response or progress report directly addressing the Bristol Heart Inquiry's recommendations has been identified in the provided official sources. Searches on gov.uk for 'Bristol Heart Inquiry recommendation implementation' and 'Bristol Heart Inquiry government response' yielded generic results, and a search on legislation.gov.uk for 'Bristol Heart Inquiry' returned no specific legislation. The Bristol Heart Inquiry concluded in 2001, and no further published evidence related to this recommendation has been identified since then.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 24 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
This recommendation requires implementation across many organisations. The assessment reflects central policy response, not adoption in individual organisations.
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic
Response
HistoricNo government response recorded.
Themes & Tags
Recommendation age
24.7 yrs
Last formal update
No formal updates