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14 Feb

❤️Happy Valentines all❤️ celebrating heart month on the @cha_nw walk. A fantastic sunny morning ☀️ with patients, families and colleagues. Our CSN team looking totally ace!

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12 Feb

Families across Tameside, Saddleworth and the wider North West are joining a growing call for the NHS to formally recognise Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) as a lifelong condition.

Read more: https://saddind.co.uk/north-west-families-urge-nhs-to-recognise-congenital-heart-disease-as-a-lifelong-condition/

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13 Feb

Unbelievably #CHD is currently not recognised as a life long condition. The @NwchdN PPV group continue their fantastic work by trying to change this and discussing the vital issue with MPs 👏

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13 Feb

💙 #CHDAwarenessWeek
CHD is lifelong. Recognition matters. Support matters. Families matter.

Our PPV group is urging the NHS to recognise Congenital Heart Disease as a lifelong condition.

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Cardiac Maternity

  • The purpose of this information
    Information on Cardiac Maternity Services
  • Who this information is for
  • Date Published
    2024-12-27

Cardiac Maternity

Cardiac maternity services in the North West are based at three main centres. These services provide specialised care for women with significant cardiac conditions before, during, and after pregnancy. They are based at:

  1. St Mary’s Hospital Manchester (The Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire GMEC)
  2. Liverpool Women’s Hospital (Cheshire & Merseyside C&M)
  3. Blackpool Victoria Hospital (Lancashire & South Cumbria L&SC)

The services at St Mary’s and The Liverpool Womens are also jointly run by the ACHD cardiology team and specialist nurses in our region who have expertise in supporting ladies with complex congenital heart disease.

How to make a referral

Referrals are coordinated by Maternal Medicine Centres (MMCs). These are based at:

  1. St Mary’s Hospital Manchester (The Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire GMEC)
  2. Liverpool Women’s Hospital (Cheshire & Merseyside C&M)
  3. Royal Preston Hospital for Blackpool referrals (Lancashire & South Cumbria L&SC)

Referrals can be made via the North West Maternal Medicine Network’s website.

Click here to make a referral

Each MMC has a different and unique referral process. The link provides information on how to refer and how to contact someone in an emergency. If clinicians are not sure which centre to refer an ACHD patient to – you can also call the ACHD Cardiologist on call via the switchboard at Liverpool Heart and Chest for advice 0151 600 1616.

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