§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the value of NHS contracts placed with non-NHS providers(a) in total, (b) by health authority, (c) by each general practitioner fund holding practice and (d) by each trust.
§ Mr. RichardsInformation about the value of NHS contracts placed with non-NHS providers is not available centrally. However, the amount spent in 1993–94 on health care purchases from non-NHS providers by health authorities, general practitioner fund-holding practices—on an aggregated basis—and by NHS trusts, is shown in the following table.
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Health authority 1993–94 £000 Clwyd 944 East Dyfed 611 Gwent 5,444 Gwynedd 819 Mid Glamorgan 1,695 Pembrokeshire 207 Powys 173 South Glamorgan 1,225 West Glamorgan 143 General practitioner fundholding practice aggregate (by Family Health Services Authority) Clwyd 71 Dyfed 18 Gwent 233 Gwynedd 0 Mid Glamorgan 139 Powys 52 South Glamorgan 2 West Glamorgan 142 NHS Trust Bridgend and District 0 Carmarthen and District 20 Ceredigion and Mid Wales 0 Clwydian 798 Glan Clwyd 0 Glan Hafren 5 Gwent Community Health 751 Llandough Hospital 0 Llanelli Dinefwr 1,085 Pembrokeshire 29 Powys Healthcare 0
Health authority 1993–94 £000 South East Wales Ambulance Trust 0 Swansea 0 Wrexham Maelor 0 Total 14,606 Source:
Health authorities and GP fund-holding accounts, NHS trust financial returns.
Notes:
(i) 1993–94 figures are provisional.
(ii) Information is not held centrally in respect of individual GP fund-holding practices but is shown on an aggregated basis in the annual accounts of family health services authorities. This expenditure represents GP fund-holders purchases of hospital services paid by the family health services authorities on behalf of GP fund-holders.