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| Leeds NHS trust to replace chief embroiled in heart surgery row | Leeds NHS trust to replace chief embroiled in heart surgery row |
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| An NHS trust at the centre of a row over death rates for children's heart surgery is to replace its chief executive. | An NHS trust at the centre of a row over death rates for children's heart surgery is to replace its chief executive. |
| Maggie Boyle will leave Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) next month, ahead of a management shakeup which follows fears over high mortality figures. | Maggie Boyle will leave Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) next month, ahead of a management shakeup which follows fears over high mortality figures. |
| Operations were temporarily suspended earlier this year after concerns were raised over death rates at the children's heart unit at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI). | Operations were temporarily suspended earlier this year after concerns were raised over death rates at the children's heart unit at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI). |
| Boyle is not believed to have tendered her resignation. | Boyle is not believed to have tendered her resignation. |
| A trust spokesman would not confirm whether her departure was related to the heart surgery fears. | A trust spokesman would not confirm whether her departure was related to the heart surgery fears. |
| Boyle, a former nurse, issued a statement through the trust in which she expressed support for managerial change and the implementation of a "clinically led" structure. | Boyle, a former nurse, issued a statement through the trust in which she expressed support for managerial change and the implementation of a "clinically led" structure. |
| "It has been a pleasure and a privilege to be chief executive at LTHT over the past six years," she said. "I believe the move to new management arrangements which will see a clinically led, managerially supported structure being established is absolutely the right thing to do and will have enormous benefits for patient focused care delivery. | "It has been a pleasure and a privilege to be chief executive at LTHT over the past six years," she said. "I believe the move to new management arrangements which will see a clinically led, managerially supported structure being established is absolutely the right thing to do and will have enormous benefits for patient focused care delivery. |
| "I would like to wish the senior leaders and all of their staff all best wishes for a successful future." | "I would like to wish the senior leaders and all of their staff all best wishes for a successful future." |
| The trust found itself at the centre of a public outcry when Sir Roger Boyle, the government's former heart tsar, raised fears about high mortality rates at LGI. | The trust found itself at the centre of a public outcry when Sir Roger Boyle, the government's former heart tsar, raised fears about high mortality rates at LGI. |
| He presented data to NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh, who suspended surgery at the hospital's child cardiac unit for eight days while an investigation took place. | He presented data to NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh, who suspended surgery at the hospital's child cardiac unit for eight days while an investigation took place. |
| The decision - which meant 10 children had to be transferred to centres up to 120 miles away for treatment - was widely condemned. Experts claimed the information that led to the unit's closure was incomplete. | The decision - which meant 10 children had to be transferred to centres up to 120 miles away for treatment - was widely condemned. Experts claimed the information that led to the unit's closure was incomplete. |
| But health secretary Jeremy Hunt said suspending surgery was "absolutely the right thing" to do. | But health secretary Jeremy Hunt said suspending surgery was "absolutely the right thing" to do. |
| Boyle resigned from his role last month. | Boyle resigned from his role last month. |
| A trust spokesman said: "Arrangements to cover the chief executive post until a substantive appointment is made will be advised shortly." | A trust spokesman said: "Arrangements to cover the chief executive post until a substantive appointment is made will be advised shortly." |
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