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Controversial 'life-threatening' trial affecting heart patients put on hold
Herald Express
|June 04, 2025
HEALTH chiefs have put a controversial trial on the care of South Devon heart attack patients on hold.
The ‘test and learn’ trial which local politicians said could put lives at risk was pulled from the agenda of a Devon Integrated Care Board (ICB) meeting on Thursday.
Chairman Kevin Orford told the meeting that deferring a decision would give the board time to consider the “valuable feedback” the proposal had created. Politicians of all parties had urged the ICB to rethink the plan to take some patients to Exeter rather than to Torbay Hospital for treatment. They say the extra time taken - on average 28 minutes - would put lives at risk.
This story is from the June 04, 2025 edition of Herald Express.
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