Local child surgery 'threatened' - BBC Health News 16th May 2008

Friday, May 16, 2008

Surgeons who can carry out routine child operations at local hospitals may be in short supply in the future, experts have warned. A survey found a third of NHS hospitals offer no paediatric surgery at all, as cases are sent to specialist centres. Surgeons' leaders say this means fewer young doctors will gain the skills to operate on children - meaning long journeys even for simple operations.

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