§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement regarding the number of vacant places on the general practitioner vocational 971W training course and the recruitment of doctors who have qualified in other countries to fill some of those vacancies. [42277]
§ Mr. MaloneThis information is not available centrally.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list, for the past five years(a) the number of qualified doctors enrolling on the general practitioner vocational training course, (b) the overall number of places on the schemes and (c) the number of places which are filled by doctors who have qualified in another country, in each case specifying the number per regional training centre. [42275]
§ Mr. MaloneThis information is not available centrally.
Regional health authority Organisation or service Current position 1. South and West Eastwood Park Training and Conference Centre Subject to contract, to be sold to Peritas (a subsidiary of ICL) in January 1996 2. South and West Lyngford House Training and Conference Centre Options under consideration 3. South and West Avon and Gloucester College of Health Contract with the University of Western England due for signing by 30 November to take effect in January 1996. Staff able to transfer on TUPE terms 4. South and West Tor and South West College of Health Contract with the University of Plymouth due for signing by early December to take effect in January 1996. Staff able to transfer on TUPE terms 5. South and West SWIFT (IT services) Contract awarded to EDS wef 1 September 1995. Staff able to transfer on TUPE terms 6. West Midlands Midlands Laundry Group Invitations to tender will go out shortly 7. Northern and Yorkshire Yorkshire Health Legal Services Tenders invited, and final bids expected in mid-November. Award likely by the end of the year 8. Northern and Yorkshire Financial Services Contract awarded to Hartshead Solway wef 1 August 1995. Staff able to transfer on TUPE terms 9. Northern and Yorkshire White Hart Training and Conference Centre Options under consideration for final decision early in 1996 10. North Thames IT services Constituent parts have either been transferred to NHS Authorities, or to a management/staff buy-out; or wound up and no longer provided 11. South Thames HCR and SE Computing (IT services) Contract awarded to Hoskyns wef July 1995. Staff able to transfer on TUPE terms 12. South Thames David Salomans Training Centre Subject to contract, award to be made to Canterbury Christchurch College wef April 1996; staff able to transfer on TUPE terms 13. North West North West Health Legal Services Contract awarded to Hempsons wef 1 October 95. Staff able to transfer on TUPE terms 14. Anglia and Oxford Mandeville Medicines (Pharmaceutical Production) Options for transfer under consideration for final decision in 1996. 15. Anglia and Oxford Oxford Consortium (various services) Contract awarded to CSC wef 1 July 1995. Staff able to transfer on TUPE terms.