§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give details of each district health authority which has contractual arrangements with a private non-National Health Service hospital to provide acute medical services, showing (a) the hospital with which a contract is made, (b) the number of patients treated by that hospital during 1986–87, (c) the total amount spent by the district health authority on treatment under the contract during 1986–87 and (d) the amount of (c) expressed as a percentage of the district health authority's overall budget for 1986–87.
§ Mr. GristI am not aware from the statistical returns submitted to the Department to date of any district health authority in Wales which has contractual arrangements with a private non-National Health Service hospital to provide acute medical services.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give details of contracts agreed by each district health authority for the following services (a) ambulances, (b) gardening, (c) laboratories, (d) portering, (e) hospital shops, (f) window cleaning, (g) pharmacy and (h) telephones; and if he will give the estimated annual savings in each case.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give details of all new contracts awarded since 31 885W December 1986 by each district health authority by hospital for (a) portering, (b) catering, (c) laundry, (d) cleaning and (e) other ancillary work; and if he will give the estimated annual savings for each contract awarded.
§ Mr. GristThe information requested in respect of new contracts awarded by district health authorities in Wales for catering, laundry and cleaning services is given in the following table. Details of contracts relating to portering and other ancillary work are not held centrally.
New contracts awarded since 31 December 1986 District health authority and details of contract Estimated savings (£) per annum Gwynedd Domestic Contract: Llandudno hospital; in-house; three years from 5 July 1987 58,000 Domestic Contract; Arfon Offices; in-house; three years from 5 July 1987 100 Pembrokeshire Laundry Contract: district service; interim contract pending further tendering exercise — Powys Catering Contract: Phase IV Brecon War Memorial and St. Davids hospitals; in-house; three years from 1 September 1987 8,565 Catering Contract: Phase III Mid-Wales and Bronllys hospitals; in-house; three years from 1 December 1987 82,548
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the latest figures as a percentage of services put out to tender by each district health authority for (a) catering, (b) domestic services, and (c) laundry; and if he will give the estimated annual savings.
§ Mr. GristThe information in respect of contracts awarded to date is as follows:
District Health Authorities and Service Percentage by value of service for which contracts awarded Estimated annual savings £ Gwent Domestic 0.3 5,080 Gwynedd Domestic 13 58,097 Mid Glamorgan Laundry 100 200,000 Pembrokeshire Catering 100 60,468 Domestic 100 196,623 Laundry 100 82,950 Powys Catering1 100 118,113 Domestic1 100 89,067 West Glamorgan Catering 9 60,000 Domestic 11 118,010 886W
Date Place National grid reference Height above mean sea level in metres 1968 23 March Troed-y-Foel 22/798238 264 1 July Golden Grove Farm Institute 22/597198 90 1971 18 June Cwymstwyth Pwllperian 22/773749 301 1973
District Health Authorities and Service Percentage by value of service for which contracts awarded Estimated annual savings £ Laundry 100 199,000 WHCSA Domestic 100 18,000 1 Includes contract let for new hospital for which savings are not identifiable. No contracts have yet been awarded by Clwyd, East Dyfed and South Glamorgan district health authorities. The information given above does not include services currently out to tender for which contracts have not yet been awarded.