§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes have been made since November 1989 to the list of 79 units preparing for self-governing trust status; and if he will give an up-to-date list of those making plans for 1991.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Redmond) on 25 April at columns217–18. An up-to-date list is as follows:
Northern Regional Health Authority
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Mental Health Services
- Newcastle General Hospital
- Northumbria Ambulance Services.
- Royal Victoria Infirmary and Dental Hospital
Yorkshire Regional Health Authority
- Bradford Acute Services
- Leeds General Infirmary and Associated Hospitals
- St. James University Hospital, Leeds
Trent Regional Health Authority
- Children's Hospital, Sheffield
- Doncaster Royal Infirmary and the Montagu Hospital
- Lincolnshire Ambulance Service
- Nether Edge Hospital, Sheffield
- Northern General Hospital
East Anglian Regional Health Authority
- East Suffolk Community Services
- Great Yarmouth and Waveney Priority Services
- Norfolk Ambulances
- West Norfolk and Wisbech Community Services
- West Norfolk and Wisbech Acute Services
North West Thames Regional Health Authority
- Central Middlesex Hospital
- Harefield Hospital
- Hillingdon Hospital
- Mount Vernon Hospital
- North West Hertfordshire Priority Services Unit
- North Hertfordshire Acute and Community Services
North East Thames Regional Health Authority
- City and Hackney (St. Bartholomew's, Homerton, St. Marks Hospital Trust
- North Middlesex Hospital
- Southend District Services
- The London Hospital Group
- The Royal Free Hospital
514 - The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
South East Thames Regional Health Authority
- Brighton Acute Services
- Bromley Acute Services
- Bromley Mental Health (Ravensbourne)
- Guy's and Lewisham Hospitals and associated Mental Illness Services
- St. Thomas's Hospital and associated Community Services
South West Thames Regional Health Authority
- Croydon Mental Handicap Unit
- Croydon Community Unit
- Kingston Hospital
- Mid-Downs West Unit
- Mid-Surrey General Unit
- North West Surrey Mental Handicap and Mental Health Units
- South West Surrey Acute Unit
- St. Helier and Sutton Hospitals
Wessex Regional Health Authority
- Lymington Hospitals
- Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases
- West Dorset Acute Services
- West Dorset Community and General Hospital Services
- West Dorset Mental Health Services
Oxford Regional Health Authority
- Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford
South Western Regional Health Authority
- Bristol
- Cornwall Mental Handicap Services
- Cornwall Community Services
- East Somerset
- East Gloucestershire NHS Trust
- North Devon
- Plymouth Acute Services
- South Devon Health Care Trust
- West Somerset
- Weston
West Midlands Regional Health Authority
- Alexandra Hospital
- Mid Staffordshire Mental Health Unit
- Mid Staffordshire Community Unit
- Rugby District Services
- Walsall Acute Services
Mersey Regional Health Authority
- Arrow Park and Clatterbridge Hospitals
- Broadgreen Hospital, excluding Mersey Regional Cardio-Thoracic Unit
- Crew Acute Services
- Halton Community Services
- Regional Adult Cardio-Thoracic Unit, Liverpool
- Royal Liverpool Children's Hospitals
- Royal Liverpool Hospital
- Whiston St. Helens Hospital
North Western Regional Health Authority
- Central Manchester Hospital and Community Services
- Christie Hospital
§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether a unit applying for self-governing trust status will be allowed to withdraw their application(a) after it has been submitted to the regional health authority, (b) after consultation with the regional health authority and (c) after it has been submitted to him.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyApplications may be withdrawn at any time before my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State signs the order establishing that particular trust.
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§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the criteria he will use when making decisions about an application to establish a self-governing trust.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyMy right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State will consider applications for national health service trust status individually in the light of all relevant information. We will expect them to meet the criteria set out in the White Paper "Working for Patients".