HUNDREDS of patients are set to benefit from a new agreement to relocate cardiac services to Southampton, saving Health and Social Services nearly £500,000 in the process.

SPORTING heroes Matt Le Tissier and Andy Priaulx have joined the fight to save Southampton General Hospital’s Children’s Cardiac Unit.

THE mother of a disabled child who had two open-heart operations as a baby is fighting to save Southampton General Hospital children’s cardiac unit.

THE founders of a local parenting website are encouraging islanders to sign a petition to help save Southampton Hospital’s cardiac unit for children.

AS EVERY parent knows, there is nothing worse than when one of your children gets badly ill. In a fevered heartbeat there is a sudden realisation that nothing else matters except getting them better.

FOOTBALLER Tom Jenkins was only a day old when he was taken to Southampton General’s Children’s Cardiac Unit with a hole in the heart.

A GUERNSEY mum says she owes her son’s life to a children’s cardiac unit in Southampton that is threatened with closure.