However health bosses have indicated it will only come once seven thousand responses to the public consultation have been reviewed. 

Future of heart unit could be made by end of September

A protest march in support of the children's heart unit at Glenfield Hospital, which is threatened with closure, will take place today.

Hundreds to protest over Glenfield childrens heart unit

People driving into Leicester are being warned to expect traffic delays and parking disruption due to a protest march in the city centre.

A public consultation into the future for congenital heart diseases, including services at Glenfield, in England launches today.


A petition to save services at the Children's Heart Unit in Leicester's Glenfield Hospital will be handed in to Downing Street later today.

Leicestershire County Council will invest £50,000 if the campaign to save the unit decides to challenge the closure in a judicial review.

Hundreds of protesters marched through Leicester today, angry at plans to close Glenfield Hospital's heart unit.

Campaigners are holding a meeting in Leicester to oppose the ending of children's heart surgery at Glenfield Hospital.

A special meeting on the future of the children's heart centre at Glenfield Hospital will be held tonight.

The petition was set up by Nick Kirk, from Hinckley, who works at Leicester's hospitals.

A House of Commons debate will take place today (22 October) to discuss the closure of Glenfield's children's heart surgery.

Glenfield Hospital in Leicester say they will not take legal action to challenge the decision of a review into its children's heart unit.

A revolutionary operation to tackle heart failure with a novel nerve-stimulating device will be performed today at Glenfield Hospital. 

Staff at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester are working out the next steps for patients being treated at its children's heart unit.