HC Deb 10 November 1988 vol 140 c284W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list all contracts let by competitive tendering to outside operators within the Mersey regional health authority, together with their associated savings over the last three years.

Mr. Mellor

Under the competitive tendering initiative, outside contractors, in the period 1 October 1985 to 30 September 1988, won contracts—all for domestic services—as follows:

District Health Authority and Hospital/Unit

  • Macclesfield—District General Hospital Community and Mental Handicap Unit.
  • South Sefton—Fazakerley Hospital.
  • Warrington—Winnick Hospital.
  • Wirral—St. Catherine's Hospital, Victoria Central Hospital, Clatterbridge Hospital.
  • Estimated annual savings generated total £¾ million.