HC Deb 09 April 1984 vol 58 cc124-6W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the commodities and services for the National Health Service for which his Department negotiates national contracts, specifying the contractors and value of the contract in each case in each year since 1979.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Details since 1979 of the central contracts which our Department negotiates for commodities and services for the National Health Service are set out in the table.

(A) Total value of contracts, excluding VAT
Financial year Wigs, surgical footwear, aids and appliances £ million* Hearing aids £ million Hearing aid batteries £ million Hearing aid accessories £ million Hearing aids earmoulds £ million Environmental control £ million Pin index converter programme for medical gases £ million Vaccines £ million
1979–80 26.7 4.5 1.0 0.435 0.676 0.642 — 1.412
1980–81 30.06 5.2 1.2 0.239 0.773 0.670 — 1.843
1981–82 35.6 6.8 1.4 0.288 0.896 0.925 — 2.070
1982.83 37.6 7.5 1.6 0.338 0.974 1.115 — 2.182
1983.84 39.0 8.0 1.3 0.302 1.1 1.133 †0.133 2.978
* Figures from returns of turnover provided by contractors.
† Figure for England and Wales, remaining figures in table for United Kingdom.

(B) Companies participating in contracts Wigs, surgical footwear, aids and appliances

Supplies of these items are obtained from over 200 contractors.

Hearing aids

  • A & M Hearing Aids Ltd.
  • Danavox
  • Lavis
  • Oticon
  • Phonophore
  • P. C. Werth

Hearing aid batteries

  • Crompton Parkinson
  • Duracell
  • Ever Ready
  • Gould
  • Varta
  • Timex
  • Union Carbide
  • Ray-O-Vac

Hearing aid accessories

  • A & M Hearing Aids Ltd.
  • Danavox
  • Lavis
  • Oticon
  • Mermaid
  • Besson
  • Portex
  • Phonophore
  • P. C. Werth
  • Int. Pack Corporation
  • Portex
  • Compact Cases

Hearing aid earmoulds

  • Anatomical Plastics (London) Ltd.
  • Bermon Earmoulds
  • Butterfly Moulds Ltd.
  • DCL Hearing (Earmoulds) Ltd.
  • Earmould Laboratories Ltd.
  • Edenvale Laboratories
  • Good Hearing Earmoulds Ltd.
  • Harrodent Ltd.
  • J. R. Plastics
  • Minerva Dental Laboratories Ltd.
  • N. & F. Smith Dental Laboratory
  • Remploy
  • R. J. Morley (Earmoulds)
  • S. J. D. Laboratories
  • Suttie (Earmoulds)
  • T. R. Owens (Aural Plastics) Ltd.
  • Universal Hearing Aids Ltd.

Environmental Control

  • Possum Controls Ltd.
  • Hugh Steeper Ltd.

Pin index converter programme for medical gases

  • British Oxygen Company

Vaccines (Main suppliers only listed)

  • Wellcome Foundation
  • Smith, Kline & French
  • Institut Merieux
  • Evans Medical