HC Deb 15 January 1990 vol 165 c76W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the six pilot sites of the Government's resource management initiative scheme; and if he will list for all sites the number of times they have been updated and the dates.

Mr. Freeman

The six acute hospital pilot sites for the resource management initiative (RMI) are:

  • Arrowe Park Hospital (Wirral)
  • Freeman Hospital (Newcastle)
  • Guy's Hospital (Lewisham and North Southwark)
  • Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (Huddersfield)
  • Pilgrim Hospital, Boston (South Lincolnshire)
  • Royal Hampshire County Hospital (Winchester)

During the early part of 1988 Clatterbridge hospital (Wirral), originally a pilot site, withdrew from the RMI but work resumed as a result of a merger with Arrowe Park hospital in the summer of 1989. The Pilgrim hospital, Boston, was adopted as a pilot site in April 1988. On 20 March 1989 I announced the extension of resource management and the names of 50 hospitals to prepare for it in this financial year. On 14 December 1989 I announced the names of 20 hospitals, from the list of 50, which will implement the main resource management process in 1989–90.