Health Service Contracts

HC Deb 03 March 1994 vol 238 cc792-3W

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement regarding contact between Dumfries and Galloway health board, and Mr. Frank Brown of Ayrshire and Arran health board on urology services.

Mr. Stewart

Mr. Brown, commissioning manager of Ayrshire and Arran health board, contacted Dumfries and Galloway health board in September 1993 to establish that board's purchasing intentions for urological services.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 2 December,Official Report, column 689, if he will list the contracts currently in operation between the South Ayrshire and North Ayrshire and Arran NHS trusts and Dumfries and Galloway health board; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Stewart

Currently, the South Ayrshire hospitals and North Ayrshire and Arran NHS trusts each have a block contract with Dumfries and Galloway health board for a variety of specialties.