Keogh defends Leeds stoppage as heart surgery cleared to resume

Mug shot  Bruce Keogh

Children’s heart surgery at Leeds General Infirmary was halted because of poor data showing unusually high death rates which were submitted by the hospital itself, the medical director of NHS England has said.

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