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News continued...Safe and Sustainable ConsultationProgramme ends on the 1st July 2011Over the past few weeks the LittleHearts Matter team have been sendingout copies of the NHS's Safe andSustainable Children's CongenitalCardiac Surgical Services Consultationdocument.We urge you to make sure that yourvoice is heard within this consultationprocess as the changes suggestedmay change the way surgery is offeredto your children in the future. If youhave concerns or you agree with thechanges proposed, make sure thatyour voice is heard.There are a number of ways that youcan get involved.Regional Consultation EventsThe NHS consultation response• Enclosed with this copy ofthe newsletter is the NHSQuestionnaire. Using yourconsultation guide completethe questionnaire and sendit back to Ipsos Mori in theenvelope provided or go onlineand complete the NHSQuestionnaire, www.ipsos-mori.com/safeandsustainable• Attend one of the regionalconsultation events.The Little Hearts Matter consultationresponse.The Little Hearts Matter ConsultationReview team are drawing togethera response about the shape andservice provision set out in the NHSconsultation document. Please let theLHM team know what service provisionyou are looking for by completing theLHM questionnaire that you have beensent or by going to the LHM websitewww.lhm.org.uk and completing theattached Word document.If you have any worries or concernsthat you would like to speak to LHMabout don't hesitate in contacting us.Either leave a message on the LHMwebsite, email us at info@lhm.org.ukor give us a ring on 0121 455 8982.Location Date & Time VenueBirmingham 4th April 2011, 6 - 8pm Maple HouseCardiff 5th April 2011, 6 - 8pm Cardiff City FC StadiumNewcastle 7th April 2011, 6.30 - 8.30pm Discovery MuseumBirmingham Youth Event 9th April 2011, 11am - 1pm Maple HouseOxford 4th May 2011, 6 - 8pm Kassam StadiumLondon 7th May 2011, 11am - 1pm Emirates StadiumWarrington 9th May 2011, 6 - 8pm Halliwell Jones StadiumLeeds 10th May 2011, 6 - 8pm Royal Armouries MuseumYork Youth Event 14th May 2011, 11am - 1pm The Royal York HotelGatwick 19th May 2011, 3 - 5pm Copthorne Effingham ParkCambridge 23rd May 2011, 6 - 8pm De Vere University Arms HotelSouthampton 24th May 2011, 6 - 8pm The Guildhall (part of the Civic Centre)Taunton 7th June 2011, 3 - 5pm Taunton RacecourseLeicester 16th June 2011, 6 - 8pm Walkers Stadium4Help your MP understand Safe and SustainableMany Members of Parliamentare currently being lobbied tosupport their local cardiac hospital.Their fear is that patients willlose all of their cardiac care fromtheir region. Many of them areunaware that the changes plannedwill only make a difference forsurgery and that the plan, ifCommissioners choose the rightoption, will give children not onlya better survival rate but a betterchance of a good quality of life.As you know Little Hearts Matteris working to ensure that thepattern of cardiac units offeringsurgery will provide the highlevel of skill needed to treat andsupport the children, and theirfamilies, with the most complexof all cardiac disorders whereverthey live in England and Wales.To help MPs understand that theneeds of children with complex