Specialist Services

Diagnostic Fetal Cardiology    MRI and CT scanning   Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia   Cardiac Catheterisation, Electrophysiology & Intervention

Congenital Heart Surgery  Critical Care  ECMO Service  Transition and Adult Congenital Heart Congenital Pectus and Chest Wall Service

Paediatric Cardiac Liaison Nurse Specialists

Multi-disciplinary Team Working

Twice weekly multi-disciplinary meetings are held on Monday and Thursday mornings to review cases and plan treatment. Monthly Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement meetings are held to review congenital cardiac Quality Indicators (developed at Alder Hey), service efficiency, incidents, difficult cases, audit and research. Alder Hey has a full range of paediatric specialities and the cardiac team work closely with other consultant colleagues to provide holistic care.
 
A specialist cardiac feeding clinic runs monthly led by gastroenterologists, dietetics and speech and language therapists to manage and help support children with feeding difficulties.