Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost is of (a) redundancies and recruitment and (b) capital spend on new facilities for NHS England's proposals to change the organisation of congenital heart disease services; and whether such costs will be covered through the tariff.

No decision has been made to change the organisation of congenital heart disease services. NHS England will make a decision on its proposals for changes to adult and children’s congenital heart services in England following consultation, which commenced on 9 February 2017. It has worked, and will continue to work, with providers and other stakeholders to assess the impact of these proposals.

The process to date has included workforce and cost estimates where possible. It is unlikely that there will be significant redundancies under any scenario, though some are possible as with any service change. Initial work on capital implications has been undertaken and can be found at:

https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/chd/