AN independent inquiry into a children's cardiac unit at Bristol Children’s Hospital, commissioned by NHS England, will be published this summer.

The parents of four-year-old Warminster boy Sean Turner, who died in March 2012 after receiving poor care following complex heart surgery at the hospital, are hoping that the report will bring them long overdue reconciliation.

Yolanda and Steve Turner were one of around 10 families to take legal action against the trust in 2013 after poor care in Ward 32, in which neglect and mistreatment was shown towards babies and children with heart problems.

Yolanda Turner, 48, said: “We’re incredibly anxious to read the report. Will it answer our questions? Are we going to feel satisfied with it?

“We want the whole truth to be exposed so that we can finally have some peace of mind, we’re never going to get Sean back but we want truth and reconciliation.

“We also hope that confidence can be built between the hospital and parents following this report, as that is something which is currently lacking.

“This report has been a long time coming, it’s been four years since Sean passed away and we now want the truth.

“We hope that it’s been honest and vigorous in its investigation. We were concerned that the terms of reference in the investigation were not wide enough, so we will have to wait and see.

“How can a hospital expect to learn and move forward if it won’t accept its wrongdoings?”

At Sean’s inquest, a doctor said that the fluid losses he suffered after he underwent Fontan surgery to help his heart work more efficiently were among the ‘highest he had ever seen in a child.’

The inquiry, which did not hold any public hearings, was commissioned by NHS England and chaired by Eleanor Grey QC.

It examined care provided to children with congenital heart disease and the experiences of parents and carers from March 2010.

It also looked at all the respective cardiac services delivered, both in Bristol, and through clinics closer to families' homes.

The Bristol Review into cardiac services at the Bristol Children's Hospital was launched two years ago and will be published on June 30.