Yorkshire campaigners claim heart surgery victory (From Keighley News)
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Yorkshire campaigners claim heart surgery victory
10:03am Thursday 7th March 2013 in Keighley
By Jessica Nightingale, T&A Reporter
Campaigners have won a High Court challenge over proposed changes to children's heart surgery services in England.
Save Our Surgery (SOS), which is trying to stop the closure of the heart unit at Leeds General Infirmary, used by many Bradford patients, argued the consultation process leading up to the changes was "unfair and procedurally flawed".
Today Mrs Justice Nicola Davies, sitting at London's High Court, ruled that the challenge must succeed - but what the victory means for the future will be decided at a later date.
An SOS statement said: "This judgment is in itself a victory for the people who fought to keep children's heart surgery services in Yorkshire, and to challenge what they knew to be a flawed and unjust process."
