Will ICB grasp opportunity to show it still has a heart?

COMMON sense seems to have prevailed - for now at least - with the temporary halting of a controversial plan that would have seen cardiac services in the bay relocated to Exeter.

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The region’s MPs spearheaded a campaign to stop the local NHS Integrated Care Board from going ahead with its plans for Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention while it considers the ‘valuable feedback’ its idea has generated. PPCI, also known as coronary angioplasty, is often used to treat blocked coronary arteries, often as an emergency