§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 28 March to the right hon. Member for Derby, South (Mrs. Beckett)Official Report, column 568, what were the results of the market tests in the clinical and clinical support services listed; and if he will list the market testing plans. [40624]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe previous plans, as placed in the Library, listed 58 proposals for market testing of 20 separate clinical support services, involving 15 trusts. The National Health Service Executive has been notified that eight of these trusts have completed market testing of a total of 11 such services, the outcome of which is shown in the table.
NHS Trust Service Contractor Enfield Community Care Continuing Care-Elderly (Nursing Home) Haven Healthcare Ltd Bradford Community Sterile Services NHS supplies North East Region Calderdale Healthcare Sterile Services Vernon Carus Luton and Dunstable Hospital Prosthetics Camp Ltd Mulberry Pharmacy Pilgrim Hospital Heathlands Mental Health Services Pharmacy Frimley Park Hospital Brent and Harrow Clinical Genetics(coding) Birmingham Maternity Hospital Eastman Dental Hospital Haemotology National Hospital London Blackburn Hynburn and Ribble Valley Medical Photography Preston Acute Services NHS Trust Luton and Dunstable Orthotics Prostech Ltd Heathlands Mental Health Pathology Frimley Park Hospital