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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Edwards: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS trusts are equipped to use electro physiological interventions in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia. [223215] Miss Melanie Johnson: All of the 29 tertiary cardiac centres in England are equipped for and capable of administering electrophysiological interventions in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia. They are located within the following national health service trusts. Papworth Hospital NHS Trust Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust St. Mary's NHS Trust University College London Hospitals NHS Trust Barts and the London NHS Trust Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust King's College Hospital NHS Trust St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust Cardiothoracic Centre Liverpool NHS Trust The Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c740W; 223215

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Hospitals Health services Heart diseases Medical treatments

Link

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