§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the hospitals that are taking part in the national pilot scheme for the total quality management initiative; when the pilot scheme will finish; when he expects to publish the results; and if he will indicate which of those hospitals taking part in the scheme have expressed an interest in trust status.
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§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyA total of £500,000 was made available in 1989–90 from central funds to assist 17 district health authorities implement total quality management. Funds for 1990–91 projects will be allocated shortly. Many of the existing projects have applied for continued funding, reflecting the long-term nature of implementation.
A first evaluation of the projects will commence this autumn. It is expected that early findings will be made available to the NHS next year.
Expressions of interest in trust status do not necessarily correspond with district-led initiatives on total quality management. Details of hospitals which have taken part in the scheme and also shown an interest in trust status are as follows:
Demonstration districts Expressions of interest Doncaster Doncaster Royal Infirmary and the Montague Hospital Waltham Forest Waltham Forest (whole District) Worthing Worthing and Southlands Hospitals Merton and Sutton St. Helier and Sutton Hospitals East Berkshire East Berkshire Mental Handicap Unit Mid Staffordshire Mid Staffs Mental Health Unit Mid Staffs Community Unit Liverpool Liverpool Community Heath Services Liverpool Dental Hospital Liverpool Mental Health Services Liverpool Obstetrics and Gynaecology Services Broadgreen Hospital Royal Liverpool Hospital Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital West Dorset West Dorset Community Services West Dorset General Hospital (Acute Services) West Dorset Mental Health Services Northallerton Nil York Nil South West Herts Nil Canterbury and Thanet Nil Milton Keynes Nil Cheltenham Nil South East Staffordshire Nil Trafford Nil Winchester Nil Worthing
- Worthing and Southlands Hospitals
Merton and Sutton
- St. Helier and Sutton Hospitals
East Berkshire
- East Berkshire Mental Handicap Unit
Mid Staffordshire
- Mid Staffordshire Mental Health Unit
- Mid Staffordshire Community Unit
Liverpool
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- Liverpool Community Health Services
- Liverpool Dental Hospital
- Liverpool Mental Health Services
- Liverpool Obstetrics and Gynaecology Services
- Broadgreen Hospital
- Royal Liverpool Hospital
- Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital
West Dorset
- West Dorset Community Services
- West Dorset General Hospital (Acute Services)
- West Dorset Mental Health Services
York Nil Northallerton South West Hertfordshire Canterbury and Thanet Milton Keynes Cheltenham South East Staffordshire Trafford Winchester