§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the contracts awarded by Ayrshire and Arran health board during the last 18 months; what was the nature of the contracts awarded; which organisations bid for each contract; what were the organisations holding each contract prior to them being re-awarded; when the contracts were awarded; and what periods were covered by the contracts.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 23 November 1993]: Details of the contracts negotiated by Ayrshire and Arran health board for the year to 31 March 1994 and their nature are provided in the table below.
In the last 18 months, only urology services have been the subject of a bidding process: that process involved the South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust and the North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust with the contract being awarded to the South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which already held that contract, for a period to 31 March 1996.
Other changes in service provision within Ayrshire during the last 18 months were the centralisation from 1 April 1993 of ear, nose and throat and oral surgery at Crosshouse hospital under the control of the North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust. These services were previously provided by North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust and South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust. These changes formed part of the board's local health strategy and had been endorsed by both trusts. These contracts were also awarded for the period to 31 March 1996.
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Provider Nature of service Ayrshire and Arran Providers South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust Acute, Care for the Elderly North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust Acute, Care for the Elderly Ayrshire and Arran Community Non-Acute, Mental Health, Healthcare NHS Trust Care for the Elderly Takare Care for the Elderly Providers outwith Ayrshire and Arran Dykebar Mental Health Inverclyde Royal Acute Royal Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Acute Dumfries and Galloway Mental Health Unit Mental Health Dumfries and Galloway Acute Unit Acute
Provider Nature of service Royal Scottish National Hospital and community NHS Trust Mental Health Stobhill Acute Glasgow Royal Infirmary Acute Western Infirmary Acute Greater Glasgow Mental Health Unit Mental Health Yorkhill Acute Glasgow Care for the Elderly Unit Care for the Elderly Southern General Acute Victoria Infirmary Acute Stonehouse and Hairmyres Acute Ayr Hospice Hospice