§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria were used in the selection of the preferred tenderers for the pre-registration nursing and midwifery education in Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight by the NHS Executive South and West. [19338]
§ Mr. MilburnThe criteria used for the pre-registration nursing and midwifery education contract in Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight were drawn up by a Steering Group composed of representatives from the three education consortia (health authorities and National Health Service trusts) in the area. The broad criteria categories against which bids were judged were:
- overall educational institution
- facilities and service delivery resources
- quality of the staff and faculty
- arrangements for clinical placements
- quality of course provision
- development of students
- overall quality management arrangements
- financial factors.
In assessing the bids the first seven categories were given equal weighting scores totalling 63 per cent., while financial factors were given a weighting of 37 per cent.