§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report details of the progress made by district health authorities in putting their services out to tender in the manner of the answer to the hon. Member for Harborough (Sir J. Farr) on 12 June 1985, Official Report, columns 482–86.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe position on 31 December 1985 is shown in the tables. We are aware of 123 contracts which have been let to private contractors and these will realise an estimated £18.2 million in annual savings. 396 tenders have been secured by in-house organisations and these will produce estimated savings of £23.7 million a year.
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Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender Estimated Annual Savings Catering Domestic Laundry (£000's) South Lincolnshire 31 35 nil 129 Bassetlaw nil 21 nil 9 C Notts nil 75 nil 294 Nottingham 44 8 9 281 Barnsley 23 23 nil 208 Doncaster 14 38 80 169 Rotherham nil 6 nil — Sheffield 20 33 100 224 East Anglian Regional Health Authority Cambridge 41 75 nil 481 Peterborough nil 79 nil 115 Huntingdon nil 100 100 493 Great Yarmouth/Waverley nil 64 100 261 West Norfolk/Wisbech 100 100 100 399 Norwich 13 87 100 904 West Suffolk nil 100 nil 160 East Suffolk 19 79 100 42 North West Thames Regional Health Authority North Bedfordshire 100 nil 100 146 South Bedfordshire nil 34 100 285 North Hertfordshire nil 1 100 18 North West Hertfordshire 16 21 100 192 South West Hertfordshire nil 46 nil 194 East Hertfordshire nil nil 100 — Barnet 100 70 100 8 Harrow 100 70 100 15 Hillingdon 82 100 100 105 Ealing nil 100 100 526 Hounslow/Spelthorne nil 100 100 1,412 Hammersmith/Fulham nil 42 100 — Paddington and North Kensington 49 81 100 770 Victoria 80 100 75 1,054 Brent nil nil nil — North East Thames Regional Health Authority Barking 100 26 nil 530 Basildon nil nil 100 74 Bloomsbury nil nil 100 265 City and Hackney nil nil nil — Enfield nil 5 100 32 Hampstead nil nil nil — Haringey nil 59 nil 334 Islington nil 19 nil 7 Mid Essex nil 81 100 734 Newham nil 53 100 56 Redbridge nil 19 nil 130 Tower Hamlets nil 65 100 271 Waltham Forest 10 11 40 100 West Essex 35 32 100 184 Southend nil 8 100 210 North East Essex 35 12 nil 218 South East Thames Regional Health Authority Bexley nil 97 100 9 Brighton 26 13 nil 42 Bromley 100 100 100 1,074 Camberwell nil nil 100 56 Canterbury/Thanet nil 100 nil 403 Dartford/Gravesham nil nil nil — Eastbourne 55 17 nil 152 Greenwich nil nil nil — Hastings 34 26 nil 53 Lewisham/N.Southwark nil nil nil — Maidstone 22 100 100 496 Medway 60 83 nil 326 South East Kent 100 100 100 275 Tunbridge Wells 13 26 nil — West Lambeth nil 5 100 100 South West Thames Regional Health Authority North West Surrey nil 87 100 462 West Surrey/NE Hants 10 30 94 33 278W279W
Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender Estimated Annual Savings Catering Domestic Laundry (£000's) East Surrey nil 66 36 620 Mid Surrey 30 nil 30 55 South West Surrey 26 24 nil 233 Mid Downs 51 70 100 333 Chichester 45 59 nil 344 Worthing 100 51 nil 240 Kingston/Esher 8 44 94 534 Croydon nil 18 62 180 Richmond/Twickenham/Roehampton 72 66 93 799 Wandsworth nil 98 100 903 Merton/Sutton 54 88 26 1,170 Wessex Regional Health Authority E. Dorset 29 17 100 356 W. Dorset 2 nil nil Portsmouth 7 35 100 32 Southampton nil 7 50 65 Winchester 6 43 100 75 Basingstoke nil 4 100 36 Salisbury 50 60 100 126 Swindon 100 75 nil 56 Bath nil 100 100 150 Isle of Wight nil 50 100 15 Oxford Regional Health Authority East Berkshire 8 6 nil 61 West Berkshire 7 5 nil 118 Aylesbury Vale 52 100 nil 526 Milton Keynes nil 100 100 98 Wycombe nil 100 nil 134 Kettering nil 22 100 140 Northampton 2 nil 100 6 Oxford 7 75 14 705 South Western Regional Health Authority Cheltenham 100 24 100 31 Gloucester nil 15 100 53 Frenchay 55 36 nil 76 Bristol/Weston nil 76 nil 93 Southmead 26 25 100 133 Somerset 72 95 100 581 Exeter nil nil 100 — North Devon nil 100 100 131 Torbay 100 100 nil 188 Plymouth nil nil 100 60 Cornwall/Isles of Scilly 33 49 100 732 West Midlands Regional Health Authority Mid Staffordshire 13 50 nil 244 South Warwickshire nil 17 nil 77 Kidderminster nil nil 100 90 Shropshire nil 12 nil 134 North Staffordshire 19 7 nil 136 Coventry nil 1 nil — Bromsgrove & Redditch nil 34 nil 100 Herefordshire nil 47 nil 147 Rugby 100 26 100 10 North Warwickshire nil 3 100 74 Solihull 67 48 nil 292 Wolverhampton nil nil nil — Walsall 100 nil nil 72 North Birmingham 26 24 nil 105 Dudley nil 14 nil 196 Sandwell nil nil nil — East Birmingham nil 27 nil 154 Central Birmingham 57 34 nil 696 South Birmingham 15 15 nil 203 South East Staffordshire 29 52 nil 219 Worcester nil 12 nil 21 West Birmingham nil nil nil — Mersey Regional Health Authority Southport/Formby 100 66 nil 105 South Sefton nil 55 100 12
Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender Estimated Annual Savings Catering Domestic Laundry (£000's) St. Helens/Knowsley 100 nil nil 808 Wirral 93 93 nil 409 Liverpool 11 30 100 — Macclesfield nil 84 nil 358 Halton 66 19 100 47 Warrington 45 97 nil 589 Chester 100 100 100 988 Crewe 43 90 nil 577 North Western Regional Health Authority North Manchester 6 6 nil — Central Manchester 100 nil 100 256 Wigan 33 25 100 140 Stockport 87 17 nil 193 Tameside/Glossop 28 nil nil 2 Bolton nil 3 nil — Bury 100 100 100 75 Chorley/South Ribble nil 100 nil 15 Preston nil nil nil — Lancaster 4 9 nil 26 Blackpool 64 7 nil — Burnley nil nil nil — South Manchester nil 17 nil 9 Trafford nil 37 100 178 Oldham 36 nil nil 13 Salford 100 nil 100 189 West Lancashire nil 3 nil 8 Blackburn 30 nil nil — Rochdale 12 23 nil 16 Special Health Authorities Bethlem and Maudsley 100 100 100 87 Eastman 100 100 100 — Hammersmith nil 90 100 809 Hospital for Sick Children nil nil 100 — Moorfields nil 100 100 30 National Heart and Chest nil 76 100 50 National Hospital for Nervous Diseases nil nil 100 — Royal Marsden nil 58 100 110
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will name, for each tendering exercise of which his Department is aware and which was completed
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Health Authority Hospital Contractor or In-House DOMESTIC SERVICES Northern Regional Health Authority Gateshead Community In-House Bensham General In-House St. Marys In-House North Tees Residence/TC In-House North Tyneside District/C In-House North West Durham District In-House South Cumbria District In-House Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Airedale Scalebor/Coronation In-House Dewsbury District In-House Grimsby South District In-House Harrogate Royal Bath In-House Huddersfield Huddersfield Royal Infirmary In-House Hull Hull Royal Infirmary Maternity In-House Tilworth Grange In-House Pontefract District Initial Scunthorpe Unit In-House York Clifton In-House since his answer of 25 November 1985, Official Report, columns 499–502, the health authority and the hospital concerned and the successful tenderer.
§ Mr. WhitneyWe are aware of the following additional cases.
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Health Authority Hospital Contractor or In-House Trent Regional Health Authority Bassetlaw Retford Hospital In-House Central Nottingham Mansfield General/Various In-House Victoria, Forest and Newstead In-House Doncaster Fullerton In-House St. Catherines In-House Leicester Leicester General In-House Leicester Royal Infirmary In-House Glenfield Community In-House Sheffield King Edward VII In-House South Derbyshire Childrens In-House Etwall In-House East Anglian Regional Health Authority Cambridge Fulbourn In-House Huntingdon Community In-House Norwich Community In-House North West Thames Regional Health Authority Paddington St. Mary's W2 Mediclean South West Hertfordshire Leavesden In-House North East Thames Regional Health Authority Barking Oldchurch Mediclean Enfield Community In-House Mid-Essex St. Johns Mediclean St. Michaels In-House Newham Community In-House North East Essex Acute Hospital In-House South East Thames Regional Health Authority Hastings Royal East Sussex In-House Bromley Orpington In-House South West Thames Regional Health Authority Merton and Sutton Community Exclusive Mid-Downs Horsham In-House North West Surrey Woking/Vic/Beechcroft HC and Ward South West Surrey Milford In-House Wandsworth St. James' Mediclean St. Georges Mediclean Bolingbroke In-House Wessex Regional Health Authority Basingstoke Community and Mental In-House East Dorset Community Knight and Co. Christchurch In-House Isle of Wight St. Mary's In-House Salisbury Health Centres In-House Fordingbridge In-House Shaftsbury In-House Old Manor In-House Salisbury General In-House Swindon Health Clinics and Community Units In-House Pewsey In-House Oxford Regional Health Authority Aylesbury Community In-House Kettering Isebrook In-House Oxford J. Radcliffe In-House West Berkshire Hungerford In-House South Western Regional Health Authority Bristol South Unit Community In-House Southmead Brentry In-House Torbay North East Sector In-House West Midlands Reginal Health Authority Central Birmingham Mosley Hall In-House J. Conolly In-House Community In-House Dudley Russells Hall In-House Hereford Bromyard Hospital In-House Leominster Initial County Hospital Crothalls 284W285W
Health Authority Hospital Contractor or In-House Mid Staffordshire St. Georges In-House Stafford General Infirmary Mediclean North Birmingham St. Edithas In-House St. Michaels In-House Shropshire Southern Unit In-House South Birmingham Community In-House Selly Oak In-House Broad Street In-House Woodlands In-House South Warwickshire Alcester In-House Worcester Headquarters Exclusive Mersey Regional Health Authority Chester Psychiatric In-House Manor Hospital In-House Macclesfield District General Hospital Mediclean Mary Deny Initial Southport Southport General Infirmary In-House Wirral Arrowe Park In-House North Western Regional Health Authority Bury Community (2) In-House Chorley Community In-House Lancaster Community In-House Rochdale Group Clinics In-House Scott House/Springfield/Marland In-House Trafford District In-House Community In-House St. Annes/Denzell In-House Sale Brooklands In-House Wigan Atherleigh In-House CATERING SERVICES Northern Regional Health Authority Darlington District In-House Gateshead Bensham General In-House St. Mary's In-House Sunderland Eye Infirmary In-House Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Airedale Scalebor/Ilkley/Coronation In-House Leeds West Cookridge and Ida In-House Wharfedale General In-House Trent Regional Health Authority Barnsley Kendray In-House Nottingham Basford In-House District Health Authority Headquarters In-House South Lincolnshire Grantham In-House East Anglian Regional Health Authority Norwich Mental Handicap In-House North West Thames Regional Health Authority West Bedfordshire Acute Unit In-House Midwifery In-House Mental Handicap In-House North East Thames Regional Health Authority North East Essex Acute Hospitals In-House Waltham Forest Langthorne In-House South East Thames Regional Health Authority Brighton Hove General and School Nursing In-House Alexandra In-House Bromley Carehill Spinneys Eastbourne All Saints In-House Medway Various Hospitals In-House South East Kent Ashford In-House Shepway In-House South West Thames Regional Health Authority Merton and Sutton St. Helier In-House South West Surrey Milford In-House West Surrey Northfield In-House Worthing Worthing In-House 286W
Health Authority Hospital Contractor or In-House Wessex Regional Health Authority East Dorset Poole General In-House Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe In-House Swindon Burderop In-House Pewsey In-House Oxford Regional Health Authority West Berkshire Hungerford In-House South Western Regional Health Authority Cornwall St. Lawrence In-House Torbay Torbay District General Hospital In-House West Midlands Regional Health Authority Central Birmingham Jaffray In-House General/Dental In-House Queen Elizabeth Spinneys North Birmingham Lichfield/Tamworth In-House South Birmingham Monyhull Hospital In-House Walsall St. Margarets/Lichfield House In-House Manor Hospital In-House Solihull Solihull Hospital In-House Mersey Regional Health Authority Crewe Leighton In-House St. Helens/Knowsley District In-House North Western Regional Health Authority Bury Fairfield In-House Central Manchester Royal Eye Hospital In-House Barnes Hospital In-House Manchester Royal Infirmary In-House Oldham Royal Infirmary In-House Rochdale Marland/Springfield In-House Stockport Stockport Infirmary In-House Wigan Billinge In-House LAUNDRY SERVICES Northern Regional Health Authority Darlington District In-House South Cumbria District Express Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Huddersfield Huddersfield Royal Infirmary In-House Leeds West District In-House Trent Regional Health Authority North Lincolnshire Louth County In-House St. John's In-House North East Thames Regional Health Authority Bloomsbury District In-House Enfield District In-House South East Thames Regional Health Authority Bromley District In-House South West Thames Regional Health Authority Kingston and Esher Long Grove In-House Mid Downs District In-House Wessex Regional Health Authority Bath District In-House Portsmouth District In-House Southampton Knowle In-House Winchester Andover Units In-House Oxford Regional Health Authority Aylesbury District Co-op West Midlands Regional Health Authority Kidderminster District In-House North Western Regional Health Authority Salford Hope In-House West Lancashire Community (1) In-House