§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each health district the numbers of amenity beds, discharges and deaths, average daily occupied beds and percentage occupancy in 1983 and 1984 and the income from amenity patients.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information is given in the following table:—
laundry, (f) cleaning, (g) engineering maintenance, (h) building maintenance, (i) grounds etc. maintenance, (j) vehicle maintenance and (k) computers, which has been paid to private contractors for services provided to the National Health Service in Wales.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information requested is as follows:
provided by private cleaning companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former, and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information requested is as follows:
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Domestic and cleaning services Total expenditure 1984–85 £000 External contracts 1984–85 £000 External contracts as a percentage of total expenditure Difference between percentage for 1984–85 and percentage for 1983–84 Clwyd 3,106 15 0.49 -0.04 East Dyfed 2,074 14 0.68 -0.19 Gwent 4,360 26 0.60 +0.13 Gwynedd 1,990 9 0.42 -0.03 Mid Glamorgan 4,993 23 0.46 — Pembrokeshire 657 2 0.30 -0.48 Powys 973 3 0.30 +0.06 South Glamorgan 4,823 59 1.22 +0.04 West Glamorgan 3,318 11 0.33 -0.01 WHTSO 33 17 51.32 +35.62 Wales 26,327 179 0.68 +0.04 Source: The annual accounts of health authorities.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each tendering exercise for hospital ancillary services of which his Department, is aware (a) the health authority concerned, (b) the hospital concerned,
Health Authority Hospital or other premises Service Successful tenderer Welsh health common services authority Offices Domestic Central cleaning services Pembrokeshire Whole district Domestic In-house Whole district Catering In-house Whole district Laundry ICS initial Powys Machynlleth Chest hospital Domestic In-house Machynlleth district health centre Builth Wells cottage hospital Domestic In-house Builth Wells health centre Llanwrtyd Wells health centre Llandrindod Wells hospital "Hazels" clinic Rhayader health clinic Knighton hospital Knighton health clinic Presteigne health clinic Ystradgynlais Community hospital Catering In-house West Glamorgan Whole district Laundry In-house The resultant savings should amount to some £550,000.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each health district in 1984–85 the total expenditure on laundry, the expenditure on services
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Laundry Expenditure Total Expenditure 1984–85 £000 External contracts 1984–85 £000 External contracts as percentage of total laundry Difference between percentage for 1984–85 and percentage for 1983–84 Clwyd 400 12 3.11 -1.29 East Dyfed 370 3 0.68 *-12.15 Gwent 497 12 2.36 -0.62 Gwynedd 235 3 1.12 -0.25 Mid Glamorgan 737 13 1.81 +0.97 Pembrokeshire 138 138 100.00 +0.87 Powys 145 6 4.00 +1.03 South Glamorgan 564 6 1.10 +0.99 West Glamorgan 590 16 2.78 +1.36 WHTSO — — — — Wales 3,676 209 5.69 *-2.56 (c)the service concerned (laundry, catering or cleaning), (d)the successful tenderer and (e) the saving achieved over the past in the previous year.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information is as follows:
provided by private laundry companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information requested is as follows:
453WSource: The annual accounts of health authorities.
* A fire in the central laundry in East Dyfed led to some additional external contracts in 1983–84. This central laundry has since been repaired and re-opened.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each health district in 1984–85 the total expenditure on catering, the expenditure on services
Catering expenditure Total expenditure 1984–85 £000 External contracts 1984–85 £000 External contracts at per centage of total catering Difference between per centage for 1984–85 and percentage for 1983–84 Clwyd 3,127 1 0.017 +0.002 E Dyfed 1,965 Nil Nil Nil Gwent 3,997 Nil Nil Nil Gwynedd 1,936 Nil Nil Nil Mid Glamorgan 4,794 0 0.001 -0.006 Pembrokeshire 458 Nil Nil Nil Powys 1,080 Nil Nil Nil South Glamorgan 4,524 3 0.063 +0.011 West Glamorgan 2,554 Nil Nil Nil WHTSO 23 Nil Nil Nil Wales 24,458 4 0.014 +0.001 Source: The annual accounts of health authorities.
Note: Minimal expenditure (ie. less than £500) is indicated by the use of 0.