HC Deb 25 November 1986 vol 106 cc213-29W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give for each tendering exercise completed following health circular HC(P3)IP the health authority, the hospital, the successful tenderer (naming the company where relevant), the saving achieved, the date of the tender's approval, and the service concerned, laundry, catering or cleaning;

Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender
Catering Domestic Laundry Estimated Annual Savings £000
Northern RHA
Hartlepool 100 100 100 42
North Tees 100 100 100 114
South Tees 100 100 100 500
East Cumbria nil 100 100 217
South Cumbria nil 100 100 209
West Cumbria nil 3 100 1
Darlington 100 100 100 300
Durham 100 100 100 167
North West Durham 100 100 100 141
South West Durham 2 2 nil 7
Newcastle 86 84 100 1,370
North Tyneside nil 100 100 176
South Tyneside 38 100 nil 295
Sunderland 3 87 100 135
Northumberland 42 50 29 276
Gateshead 100 100 nil 375
Yorkshire RHA
Hull 54 35 nil 296
East Yorkshire nil 100 56 566
Grimsby 76 62 100 327
Scunthorpe 100 71 100 289
Northallerton 100 nil 100 16
York 100 100 nil 697
Scarborough 75 71 100 92
Harrogate 21 34 nil 41
Bradford nil 67 nil 463
Airedale 100 44 nil 159
Calderdale 100 100 100 530
Huddersfield 31 100 44 762
Dewsbury nil 47 100 397
Leeds Eastern nil nil nil nil
Leeds Western 24 27 100 272
Wakefield 11 86 100 369
Pontefract 100 100 100 556
Trent RHA
North Derbyshire 100 98 100 608
South Derbyshire nil 91 nil 114

(2) if he will publish in the Official Report details of the progress made by 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 489–93.

Mr. Newton

[pursuant to his reply, 24 November 1986]: Health authorities are continuing to make considerable progress in improving the cost effectiveness of their domestic cleaning, catering and laundry services. At 30 September 1986 over two-thirds of these services had been subject to competitive tendering resulting in savings of almost £73 million a year. This compares with savings of £29 million from the policy of competitive tendering only 12 months ago. Private contractors have been awarded a total of 173 contracts saving £24.6 million. In-house organisations have secured 773 tenders saving £48.1 million. The resources released are retained by health authorities and are now making a substantial contribution to the improvement of patient care services. Details are as follows.

Table A summarises the progress and savings made by each health authority. Table B lists the results of tendering exercises of which we are aware.

Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender
Catering Domestic Laundry Estimated Annual Savings £000
Leicestershire 46 80 nil 1,756
North Lincolnshire 100 100 100 219
South Lincolnshire 100 100 nil 319
Bassetlaw nil 100 100 112
C Notts nil 100 nil 453
Nottingham 100 100 100 416
Barnsley 100 100 100 326
Doncaster 100 57 100 221
Rotherham 100 100 100 100
Sheffield 74 73 100 628
East Anglian RHA
Cambridge 100 85 nil 481
Peterborough nil 100 nil 115
Huntingdon 100 100 100 498
Great Yarmouth/Waverley 100 100 100 319
West Norfolk/Wisbeach 100 100 100 399
Norwich 100 100 100 1,193
West Suffolk nil 100 100 421
East Suffolk 19 79 100 417
North West Thames RHA
North Bedfordshire 100 100 100 436
South Bedfordshire nil 100 100 653
North Hertfordshire nil 100 100 18
North West Hertfordshire 31 21 100 305
South West Hertfordshire nil 65 nil 223
East Hertfordshire nil 100 100 50
Barnet 100 100 100 258
Harrow 100 100 100 422
Hillingdon 100 100 100 457
Ealing 100 100 100 656
Hounslow/Spelthorne nil 100 100 1,412
Riverside (Hammersmith/Fulham) nil 100 100 1,097
Paddington and North Kensington 100 100 100 1,088
Riverside (Victoria) 100 100 75 1,385
Brent nil nil nil nil
North East Thames RHA
Barking 100 78 100 784
Basildon nil 100 100 543
Bloomsbury nil nil 100 265
City and Hackney nil 49 100 1,039
Enfield nil 71 100 395
Hampstead nil 50 67 26
Haringey 55 100 nil 661
Islington 2 24 nil 146
Mid Essex nil 100 100 896
Newham 80 100 100 382
Redbridge nil 55 nil 165
Tower Hamlets nil 86 100 325
Waltham Forest 10 68 100 1,012
West Essex 95 97 100 497
Southend nil 100 100 499
North East Essex 72 60 nil 224
South East Thames RHA
Bexley 100 100 100 334
Brighton 100 100 100 131
Bromley 100 100 100 1,174
Camberwell 100 100 100 56
Canterbury/Thanet 100 100 nil 493
Dartford/Gravesham 100 59 100 nil
Eastbourne 100 72 nil 310
Greenwich nil nil nil nil
Hastings 100 65 100 105
Lewisham/North Southwark nil nil nil nil
Maidstone 62 71 100 496
Medway 100 100 nil 326
South East Kent 100 100 nil 337
Tunbridge Wells 13 26 nil 215
West Lambeth 5 25 100 217
South West Thames RHA

Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender
Catering Domestic Laundry Estimated Annual Savings £000
North West Surrey nil 100 100 462
West Surrey/North East Hants 10 91 94 253
East Surrey 0 78 36 463
Mid Surrey 30 90 30 107
South West Surrey 93 94 nil 399
Mid Downs 100 100 100 393
Chichester 45 92 100 389
Worthing 100 100 nil 330
Kingston/Esher 8 53 94 564
Croydon 28 65 62 318
Richmond/Twickenham/Roehampton 72 66 93 799
Wandsworth 65 98 100 903
Merton/Sutton 54 100 26 1,170
Wessex RHA
East Dorset 100 100 nil 959
West Dorset 100 100 100 69
Portsmouth 100 100 100 771
Southampton nil 78 100 507
Winchester 100 85 100 157
Basingstoke 75 100 100 134
Salisbury 100 100 100 392
Swindon 100 100 100 180
Bath 100 100 100 644
Isle of Wight 100 100 100 15
Oxford RHA
East Berkshire nil 79 100 109
West Berkshire 6 28 0 263
Aylesbury Vale 54 100 100 526
Milton Keynes 100 100 nil 99
Wycombe nil 100 nil 134
Kettering nil 100 nil 167
Northampton 38 92 100 215
Oxford nil 76 nil 705
South Western RHA
Cheltenham 100 24 100 129
Gloucester 62 72 100 185
Frenchay 37 36 nil 76
Bristol/Weston nil 94 100 593
Southmead 40 25 100 241
Somerset 100 100 100 907
Exeter 11 14 100 172
North Devon nil 100 100 131
Torbay 100 100 100 271
Plymouth 100 nil 100 60
Cornwall/Isles of Scilly 26 89 100 811
West Midlands RHA
Mid Staffordshire 99 100 nil 328
South Warwickshire 96 95 100 177
Kidderminster nil 48 100 222
Shropshire 100 92 100 545
North Staffordshire 69 82 nil 284
Coventry 87 79 95 9
Bromsgrove and Redditch nil 40 100 103
Herefordshire nil 64 nil 132
Rugby 100 100 100 51
North Warwickshire 97 60 100 176
Solihull 97 98 nil 556
Wolverhampton 100 100 100 589
Walsall 100 100 nil 129
North Birmingham 100 38 100 102
Dudley nil 95 100 677
Sandwell nil 16 100 nil
East Birmingham nil 97 79 371
Central Birmingham 100 100 100 1,294
South Birmingham 23 71 100 381
South East Staffordshire 43 92 nil 455
Worcester nil 73 nil 144
West Birmingham nil 83 100 196
Mersey RHA

Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender
Catering Domestic Laundry Estimated Annual Savings £000
Southport/Formby 100 100 100 158
South Sefton nil 100 100 386
St. Helens/Knowsley 100 nil 100 817
Wirral 100 100 100 576
Liverpool 100 100 100 0
Macclesfield nil 84 nil 398
Halton 100 100 100 47
Warrington 45 97 nil 829
Chester 100 100 100 1,086
Crewe 43 100 100 598
North Western RHA
North Manchester 46 100 100 27
Central Manchester 100 100 100 657
Wigan 100 81 100 350
Stockport 100 100 100 356
Tameside/Glossop 28 100 100 2
Bolton 100 94 100 563
Bury 100 100 0 429
Chorley/South Ribble 100 100 100 153
Preston 100 100 100 94
Lancaster 100 100 100 198
Blackpool 100 86 100 37
Burnley 100 100 100 90
South Manchester 100 100 100 76
Trafford nil 98 100 189
Oldham 100 100 nil 150
Salford 46 100 64 189
West Lancashire nil 100 100 25
Blackburn 100 36 100 7
Rochdale 100 100 nil 30
Special Health Authorities
Bethlem and Maudsley 100 100 100 87
Eastman 100 100 100 nil
Hammersmith and Queen Charlottes nil 90 100 969
Hospital for Sick Children nil nil 100 nil
Moorfields nil 100 100 30
National Heart and Chest nil 76 100 50
National Hospital for Nervous Diseases nil nil 100 nil
Royal Marsden 46 100 100 214

Table B
Results of tendering exercises
Health authority Hospital Contractor or in-house
DOMESTIC SERVICES
Northern regional health authority
Durham County Hospital In-house
Durham St. Margaret's In-house
Durham Chester-le-Street General Hospital In-house
East Cumbria Penrith/Wigton In-house
Newcastle Community In-house
Newcastle Freeman Hospital In-house
North Tees North Tees General In-house
Northumberland Prudhoe Hospital In-house
Northumberland Tynedale Unit In-house
South Tyneside Ingham Infirmary In-house
South West Durham Horn Hall Hospital In-house
Sunderland Monkwearmouth In-house
Sunderland Ryhope In-house
Yorkshire regional health authority
Airedale Craven In-house
Bradford Brierley/others In-house
Bradford Westwood Berkley Taylor—Plan
East Yorkshire District In-house
Grimsby Maternity Berkley Taylor—Plan
Huddersfield St. Lukes/Mill Hill In-house
Hull Brandes—Burton In-house
Scarborough Scarborough General In-house
York Naburn In-house

Health authority Hospital Contractor or in-house
Trent regional health authority
Barnsley Mount Vernon In-house
Bassetlaw Victoria In-house
Bassetlaw District General Hospital In-house
Leicestershire Carlton Hayes In-house
Leicestershire Towers In-house
Leicestershire Glenfirth Unit In-house
Leicestershire LoughboroughGeneral/Regent In-house
North Derbyshire Whittington Hall In-house
North Lincolnshire Maternity In-house
North Lincolnshire Health Centres In-house
Nottingham Mapperley In-house
Rotherham Badsley Moor In-house
Rotherham Health Centres In-house
Sheffield Lodge Moor In-house
Sheffield Northern General In-house
Sheffield Weston Park In-house
South-Derbyshire Community In-house
South Lincolnshire Grantham In-house
East Anglian regional health authority
East Suffolk General Acute Unit In-house
East Suffolk St. Audry's In-house
Norwich Mental Handicap Reckitt
West Suffolk West Suffolk/Thetford In-house
North West Thames regional health authority
Barnet Edgware Hospital ICC
Barnet Napshury In-house
Barnet Barnet Exclusive
Barnet Community Unit In-house
East Hertfordshire District In-house
Harrow District In-house
North Bedfordshire Acute Unit In-house
North Bedfordshire Geriatric Unit In-house
North Bedfordshire Community Unit In-house
North Bedfordshire Mental Health Unit In-house
North West Hertfordshire St. Albans In-house
Paddington Princess Louise In-house
South Bedfordshire Luton/Dunstable In-house
South Bedfordshire Community In-house
South West Hertfordshire Community In-house
North East Thames regional health authority
Barking St. George's In-house
Barking Rush Green In-house
Barking Warley In-house
Barking Community AIPS
Basildon Orsett Exclusive
Basildon Basildon Hospital Mediclean
Basildon South Ockendon In-house
Basildon St. Andrews and Mayflower In-house
City and Hackney City In-house
Enfield Highlands Exclusive
Haringey St. Ann's In-house
Islington Acute Royal Northern In-house
Mid Essex Broomfield ICC
Newham Albert Dock In-house
Redbridge Chadwell Heath In-house
Southend Southend In-house
Tower Hamlets In-house
Waltham Forest Langthorne and Chingford In-house
Waltham Forest Whipps Cross RCO
West Essex St. Margaret's In-house
West Essex Princess Alexandra In-house
South East Thames regional health authority
Brighton New Sussex In-house
Bromley Orpington In-house
Eastbourne District General/St. Mary's In-house
Hastings Bexhill/Evesfield In-house
Maidstone Oakwood In-house
Tunbridge Pembury In-house
South West Thames regional health authority
Croydon Mayday In-house

Health authority Hospital Contractor or in-house
East Surrey Caterham In-house
Mid-Downs Forest In-house
South West Surrey Royal Surrey County In-house
West Surrey Farnham In-house
West Surrey Frimley Park In-house
Worthing Southlands Exclusive
Wessex regional health authority
Basingstoke Treloar Chase In-house
Bath Royal United Sector In-house
Bath Devizes Sector In-house
Bath Trowbridge Sector In-house
Bath St. Martin's Sector In-house
Bath Chippenham Sector In-house
Bath Roundway Sector In-house
East Dorset St. Anns/Herbert In-house
East Dorset Royal Victoria In-house
East Dorset Poole General Mediclean
East Dorset Westbourne In-house
Isle of Wight County Hospital In-house
Portsmouth Gosport Peninsula In-house
Portsmouth Fareham In-house
Portsmouth St. Mary's In-house
Salisbury Newbridge In-house
Southampton New Forest (1) In-house
Southampton Southampton General In-house
Southampton Royal South Hants/Others In-house
Southampton New Forest (2) In-house
Swindon St. Margaret's In-house
Swindon Princess Margaret In-house
West Dorset Herrison In-house
West Dorset Bridport In-house
West Dorset Dorset County In-house
Winchester East Leigh Health Centre In-house
Winchester St. Paul's Mediclean
Oxford regional health authority
East Berkshire Community Clinics VWGCS
East Berkshire Old Windsor In-house
East Berkshire King Edward VII In-house
Kettering General Hospital In-house
Northampton Danetree In-house
Northampton St. Crispin/Princess Marina In-house
West Berkshire Newbury In-house
West Berkshire Battle RCO
South Western regional health authority
Bristol Bristol Royal Infirmary Mediclean
Bristol Children's/Maternity In-house
Bristol Central Clinic In-house
Bristol Windford Hospital In-house
Cheltenham St. Pauls/Delancy In-house
Cornwall Falmouth/Budock In-house
Exeter Miscellaneous Premises OCS
Gloucester Gloucester Royal Hospital In-house
Gloucester Standish In-house
Somerset Tone Vale In-house
Somerset Musgrove In-house
Torbay Torbay DGH In-house
Torbay South West Sector In-house
West Midlands regional health authority
Central Birmingham Maternity In-house
Central Birmingham General In-house
Dudley Burton Road Hospital In-house
Dudley Wordsley In-house
Dudley Guest In-house
East Birmingham General Unit HHS
Hereford General Hospital/Others In-house
Kidderminster General Hospital In-house
Mid-Staffordshire Rugeley In-house
Mid-Staffordshire Chase In-house
Mid-Staffordshire Trent In-house
Mid-Staffordshire Kingsmead In-house
North Warwickshire Community In-house

Health authority Hospital Contractor or in-house
Rugby St. Cross/Others In-house
Shropshire North Telford In-house
Shropshire Northern Unit In-house
Solihull Middlefield In-house
Solihull Community In-house
South Birmingham Rubery Hill In-house
South East Staffordshire Burton District In-house
Walsall General Hospital In-house
Wolverhampton The Royal Hospital/Patshull In-house
Wolverhampton Penn/Eye In-house
Wolverhampton Beeches/Community In-house
Worcester Evesham/Pershore Crothalls
Worcester Malvern General/Others In-house
Mersey regional health authority
Crewe North Peripherals In-house
South Sefton Fazakerley RCO
Wirral Victoria General Mediguard
North Western regional health authority
Blackburn Clitheroe In-house
Blackpool Lytham In-house
Blackpool Fleetwood In-house
Blackpool Rossall In-house
Bolton Royal Infirmary Crothalls
Bolton Bolton General/Others In-house
Burnley Calderstones In-house
Central Manchester District In-house
Chorley Chorley Hospital/Others In-house
Lancaster Royal Albert In-house
Lancaster Queen Victoria In-house
Lancaster Beaumont In-house
North Manchester Ancoats In-house
Oldham Oldham District General In-house
Preston Sharoe Green (1) In-house
Preston Ribbleton In-house
Preston Royal Preston (2) In-house
Preston Community In-house
Preston Royal Preston (1) In-house
Rochdale Group 5 In-house
Rochdale Group 6 Halls
South Manchester Christie In-house
South Manchester Wythenshawe In-house
Stockport Community Hall Hospital Service
Trafford Bridgewater In-house
West Lancashire Community (2) In-house
Wigan Billinge In-house
Wigan Community In-house
CATERING SERVICES
Northern regional health authority
Newcastle Newcastle General In-house
Northumberland Ashington In-house
South Tees District In-house
Yorkshire regional health authority
Airedale Airedale General/Craven In-house
Huddersfield St. Lukes/Mill Hill In-house
Hull Maternity In-house
Hull Hull Royal In-house
Pontefract District In-house
Trent regional health authority
Doncaster Montague In-house
Leicestershire General Hospital In-house
Leicestershire Leicester Royal Infirmary In-house
Leicestershire Community In-house
North Derbyshire Cavendish In-house
North Derbyshire Chesterfield/North Derbyshire In-house
North Derbyshire Royal Hospital In-house
Nottingham Mapperley In-house
Rotherham Wathwood In-house
Sheffield Nether Edge In-house
Sheffield Royal Hallamshire In-house
Sheffield Childrens In-house
South Lincolnshire Pilgrims/M H Unit In-house

Health authority Hospital Contractor or in-house
East Anglian regional health authority
Great Yarmouth Northgate/St. Nicholas In-house
Huntingdon Papworth In-house
Huntingdon Hinchingbrooke In-house
North West Thames regional health authority
Barnet Edgware In-house
Ealing District Gardner Merchant
North West Hertfordshire St. Albans In-house
North East Thames regional health authority
Newham Newham General In-house
North East Essex Turner Village In-house
West Essex St. Margarets In-house
West Essex Uttlesford Sector In-house
South East Thames regional health authority
Brighton Royal Sussex In-house
Brighton Chailey In-house
Camberwell Kings College Dulwich/St. Francis In-house
Canterbury Mental Unit In-house
Canterbury Canterbury In-house
Canterbury Thanet General In-house
Tunbridge East Grinstead In-house
South West Thames regional health authority
Croydon St. Lawrences In-house
Mid Downs Crawley In-house
Mid Downs St. Francis/Others In-house
Mid Downs Forest In-house
South West Surrey Royal Surrey County In-house
South West Surrey St. Lukes In-house
Wessex regional health authority
East Dorset Alderney In-house
East Dorset Herbert Day In-house
East Dorset St. Anns In-house
East Dorset Gloucester Road In-house
East Dorset Christchurch In-house
Portsmouth Coldeast In-house
Portsmouth Queen Alexandra In-house
Swindon Princess Margarets In-house
West Dorset Weymouth In-house
West Dorset Dorset In-house
West Dorset Herrison In-house
West Dorset Bridport In-house
West Dorset Blandford In-house
Winchester Royal Hampshire/St. Pauls In-house
Portsmouth Community In-house
Oxford regional health authority
Milton Keynes District In-house
South Western regional health authority
Cheltenham District In-house
Exeter East Devon In-house
Somerset Yeovil LMT In-house
Somerset Musgrove Park In-house
Southmead Southmead In-house
Southmead Various In-house
West Midlands regional health authority
Central Birmingham Maternity In-house
Coventry Whitley In-house
Mid Staffordshire S.G.I In-house
North Birmingham Good Hope In-house
North Birmingham Highcroft In-house
North Staffordshire St. Edwards In-house
North Staffordshire Bucknall In-house
North Staffordshire Fanny Deakin In-house
North Staffordshire Westcliffe In-house
North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary In-house
North Warwickshire Chelmsley/Coleshill Hall In-house
Solihull Solihull Hospital In-house
Solihull Middle-field In-house
South Warwickshire Weston In-house
South Warwickshire Abbeyfields In-house

Health authority Hospital Contractor or in-house
Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary/Others In-house
Wolverhampton Penn In-house
Mersey regional health authority
Warrington Winwick In-house
Wirral Victoria General In-house
North Western regional health authority
North Manchester Northern Hospital In-house
Stockport Offerton House In-house
Stockport Ollersett View In-house
Stockport Cherry Tree In-house
Special health authorities
Royal Marsden Royal Marsden, Sutton 1n-house
LAUNDRY SERVICES
Northern regional health authority
East Cumbria District In-house
Yorkshire regional health authority
Grimsby District In-house
Trent regional health authority
North Derbyshire Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital In-house
North East Thames regional health authority
Tower Hamlets District In-house
South East Thames regional health authority
Bexley District In-house
Brighton Brighton General In-house
Wessex regional health authority
Swindon District In-house
West Dorset Portwey Co-Op
Oxford regional health authority
Norhampton Linen Services Unit Initial
South Western regional health authority
Bristol and Weston District Health-text
Cornwall St. Lawrence's In-house
Exeter District In-house
Torbay Torbay DGH In-house
West Midlands regional health authority
West Birmingham District In-house
Mersey regional health authority
St. Helens and Knowsley District In-house
Southport and Formby District In-house
North Western regional health authority
Stockport Stepping Hill In-house
West Lancashire Ormskirk In-house
Wigan District In-house

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