§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each health district in 1985–86 the total 22W as a whole the income from (a) private resident patients, (b) private non-resident patients and (c) services provided to private medical institutions; and if he will give the bad debts written off in each category.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is given in the following tables:
notified to or authorised by him under the Health Services Act 1976 as amended by the Health Service Act 1980 giving the date in each case as well as the health district.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information is as follows:
expenditure on catering, the expenditure on services provided by private catering companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former and the difference between that percentage in the previous year.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is as follows:
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Catering expenditure Total expenditure 1985–86 £000 External contracts 1985–86 £000 External contracts as a per cent. Of total expenditure Difference between per cent. for 1985–86 and per cent. for 1984–85 Clwyd 3,305 0 0.013 -0.004 East Dyfed 1,967 — — — Gwent 4,167 — — — Gwynedd 1,974 — — — Mid Glamorgan 4,657 — — -0.001 Pembrokshire 484 — — — Powys 1,125 — — — South Glamorgan 4,620 3 0.056 -0.007 West Glamorgan 2,638 — — — WHCSA 25 — — — Wales 24,962 3 0.012 -0.002 Source: The Annual Accounts of Health Authorities.
Notes: Minimal expenditure(ie less than £500) is indicated by the use of 0. Figures for 1985–86 are, at this stage, provisional.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each health district in 1985–86 the total expenditure on laundry, the expenditure on services
Laundry expenditure Total expenditure 1985–86 £000 External contracts 1985–86 £000 External contracts as a percentage of total expenditure Difference between percentage for 1985–86 and percentage for 1984–85 Clwyd 387 6 1.50 -1.61 East Dyfed 256 3 1.16 0.48 Gwent 515 11 2.15 -0.21 Gwynedd 256 2 0.91 -0.21 Mid Glamorgan 725 4 0.52 -1.29 Pembrokeshire 134 134 100.00 — Powys 150 6 3.66 -0.34 South Glamorgan 651 3 0.51 -0.59 West Glamorgan 599 24 3.97 1.19 WHCSA — — — — Wales 3,673 193 5.25 -0.44 Source: The Annual Accounts of Health Authorities.
Note: Figures for 1985–86 are, at this stage, provisional.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each health district in 1985–86 the total expenditure on cleaning, the expenditure on services
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Domestic and cleaning services expenditure Total Expenditure 1985–86 £000 External Contracts 1985–86 £000 External Contracts as a percentage of total expenditure Difference between percentage for 1985–86 and 1984–85 Clwyd 3,107 11 0.36 -0.13 East Dyfed 2,000 49 2.45 1.77 Gwent 4,331 33 0.77 0.17 Gwynedd 2,122 9 0.43 0.01 Mid Glamorgan 5,013 24 0.48 0.02 Pembrokeshire 535 5 0.95 0.65 Powys 942 4 0.36 0.06 South Glamorgan 5,021 64 1.27 0.05 West Glamorgan 3,556 8 0.22 -0.11 WHCSA 24 22 91.90 40.58 Wales 26,651 229 0.86 0.18 provided by private laundry companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is given in the following table:
provided by private cleaning contractors, the latter figure as a percentage of the former, and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year.
§ 12 Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is given in the following table:
25WSource: The Annual Accounts of Health Authorities.
Note: Figures for 1985–86 are, at this stage, provisional.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each tendering exercise for hospital services of which his Department is aware (a) the health authority, (b) the hospital, (c) the service, (d) the successful tenderer, (e) the date of the tenders' approval and (f) the saving achieved.
Health Authority Service Hospital Area Successful tenderer Estimated savings(p.a.)£ Gwent Domestic DHA headquarters Reliance Cleaning 5,080 Mid Glamorgan Laundry Whole district In house 200,000 Pembrokeshire Domestic Withybush In house 164,618 Domestic S.Pembs/Tenby Cottage In house 25,223 Domestic Community Services In house 6,782 Catering Withybush In house 60,468 Catering S.Pembs/Tenby Cottage In house In house Laundry Whole district Initial PLC 82,950 Powys Domestic Machynlleth Hospitals and Health Centres In house 15000 Domestic Llandrindod Wells Builth Wells, and Knighton Hospitals, and associtated Health Centres/Clinics In house 19,855 Domestic Ystradgynlais Community Hospital In house New hospital Domestic Llanidloes Llys Maldwyn, Newtown, Brynhyfryd, and Welshpool Hospitals, and associated Health Centres and Clinics In house 18000 Catering Ystradgynlais Community Hospital In house New Hospital Catering Llandrindod Wells Builth Wells, and Knighton Hospitals In house 11,000 Catering Llanidloes Llys Maldwyn, Newtown, Welshpool and Brynhyfryd Hospitals In house 16,000 West Glamorgan Domestic DHA Headquarters and Trinity Buildings In house 19,868 Domestic Outpatient Department, Neath General Hospital In house 3,393 Domestic Public Corridors and Residences All in house (i) Morriston (i) 5,000 (ii) Singleton (ii) 6,000 (iii) Neath (iii) 28,749 (iv) Cefn Coed (iv) 23,000 Domestic Health Centres and Clinics In house 32,000 Catering Neath General Hospital In house 60,000 Laundry Whole district In house 199,000 Welsh Health Common Services Authority Domestic All WHCSA Premises Central Cleaning Services 18,000 Source: DHA returns.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each year since 1979 the percentage of
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§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI assume the hon. Gentleman is referring to hospital "hotel" services (domestic, catering and laundry). Such information as is held centrally is given in the following tables:
expenditure on (a) catering, (b) laundry and (c) cleaning which has been paid to private contractors for services provided to the National Health Service in Wales.
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§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is as follows:
Payment to private contractors as a percentage of relevant expenditure Catering Laundry Domestic and Cleaning 1979–80 0.013 3.79 0.64 1980–81 0.011 5.45 0.68 1981–82 0.047 2.64 0.72 1982–83 0.013 6.81 0.69 1983–84 0.013 28.25 0.64 1984–85 0.014 5.69 0.68 11985–86 0.012 5.25 0.86 Source: The annual accounts of health authorities
Notes:
(1) Figures for 1985–86 are, at this stage, provisional.
(2) A fire in the central laundry in E. Dyfed led to some additional external contracts in 1983–84. This central laundry has since been repaired and re-opened.
(3) The figures are not strictly comparable over the whole period as Value Added Tax on contracted out services became reclaimable by health authorities from 1 September 1983.