§ Mr. HopkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those NHS trusts that have(a) been created, (b) merged and (c) been dissolved since 1 April 1998. [85147]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is contained in the table. All of these mergers took effect from 1 April 1999.
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Region Trusts established or amended Merged/dissolved or absorbed trusts Eastern Local Health Partnerships NHS Trust Allington NHS Trust, Mid Anglia Community Health NHS Trust and East Suffolk Community NHS Trust (3 into 1) Eastern Bedfordshire and Luton Community NHS Trust Bedford and Shire Health NHS Trust and South Bedfordshire NHS Trust (2 into 1) London Ealing Hammersmith and Fulham Mental Health NHS Trust and Brent Kensington Chelsea and Westminster Mental Health NHS Trust West London NHS Trust, North West London Mental Health NHS Trust, and Riverside Mental Health NHS Trust(3 into 2) London North West London Hospitals NHS Trust Northwick Park and St. Marks NHS Trust and Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust (2 into 1) London Parkside Health NHS Trust Royal London Homoeopathic NHS Trust and Parkside Health NHS Trust (2 into 1—Absorption) London The Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust Wellhouse NHS Trust and Chase Farm Hospital NHS Trust (2 into 1) London South West London Community NHS Trust Merton and Sutton Community NHS Trust, Wandsworth Community Healthcare NHS Trust and Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton Community Services NHS Trust (3 into 1) London South London and Maudsley Mental Health NHS Trust and Community Health South London NHS Trust Optimum Mental Health NHS Trust, Bethlem and Maudsley Mental Health NHS Trust, Lambeth Healthcare NHS Trust and Lewisham and Guy's Mental Health NHS Trust (4 into 2) London The Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust St. Helier NHS Trust and Epsom NHS Trust (2 into 1) North West North Sefton and West Lancashire Community NHS Trust and Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust Southport and Formby Health Services NHS Trust, Southport and Formby Community NHS Trust and West Lancashire NHS Trust (3 into 2) Northern and Yorkshire North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust Northumbria Ambulance Service NHS Trust and Durham County Ambulance Service NHS Trust (2 into 1) Northern and Yorkshire Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust Cleveland Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Humberside Ambulance Service NHS Trust and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (3 into 1) Northern and Yorkshire North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust and Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust Hartlepool and East Durham NHS Trust, South Tees Community and Mental Health NHS Trust and North Tees Health NHS Trust (3 into 2) South East Surrey Oaklands NHS Trust Life Care NHS Trust and Surrey Oaklands NHS Trust (2 into 1—Absorption) South East East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust South Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, Kent and Canterbury Hospitals NHS Trust and Thanet Healthcare NHS Trust(3 into 1) South West North Bristol NHS Trust Frenchay Healthcare NHS Trust and Southmead Health Services NHS Trust (2 into 1) South West Cornwall Healthcare NHS Trust Cornwall Healthcare NHS Trust and Trecare NHS Trust (2 into 1) Trent Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare NHS Trust Fosse Health NHS Trust and Leicestershire Mental Health Services NHS Trust (2 into 1) Trent Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust and Weston Park Hospital NHS Trust (2 into 1) Trent South Lincolnshire Healthcare NHS Trust Mulberry NHS Trust and South Lincolnshire NHS Trust (2 into 1) Trent East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust Derbyshire Ambulance Services NHS Trust, Nottinghamshire Ambulance Services NHS Trust and Leicestershire Ambulance Services NHS Trust (3 into 1) Trent Lincoln District Healthcare NHS Trust West Lindsey NHS Trust and Lincoln and District Healthcare NHS Trust (2 into 1—Absorption). Lincoln and Louth Hospitals NHS Trust has taken on some of the service provision of West Lindsey but are not part of the merger. All staff and assets have transferred to Lincoln District Healthcare