§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many schemes using private sector capital in the NHS were refused approval by her Department and the Treasury(a) before April 1993 and (b) since April 1993.
§ Mr. SackvilleSince April 1993 two schemes using private sector capital in the national health service have been formally refused approval. These were
a proposal from North Tyne Health Alliance (Newcastle and North Tyneside Health Authorities and Newcastle and North Tyneside Family Health Services Authorities) to lease office accommodation.a proposal from South Western Regional Health Authority to provide residential accommodation at Glenside for students attending Avon and Gloucestershire College of Health.The Department issued guidance on "Use of private sector capital in the NHS" (EL(89)MB142) in 1989. Between then and April 1993 no schemes that were formally submitted were refused approval. Information is not available on schemes abandoned at a draft stage as a result of advice received from the Department in response to informal inquiries. Copies of the guidance will be placed in the Library.