§ Ms SquireTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the health services which have been market-tested or notified to his Department and won by the private sector indicating(a) the location and (b) the organisation winning the tender. [27332]
§ Mr. MilburnWe have records of 3,560 contracts awarded to commercial contractors. Further information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The table lists the range of services market tested in England and may be incomplete as it is based on information supplied by National Health Service trusts and health authorities.
Hotel and non-clinical support
Accommodation, bereavement, car parking, catering, courier, creche, domestic, environmental health management, facilities management, funeral, gardening, general patient services, hotel services, interpreting, laundry/linen, pest control, portering, security, supplies, switchboard/reception, transport, waste disposal.Administration, information and financial
Advertising and recruitment, agency staffing, audit, banking, clerical and secretarial, computer, consultants, financial, human resources, insurance, legal, management services, micro-filming.Clinical and clinical support
679WAnaesthetics, bio-engineering, central sterile supply department, chiropody, clinical coding, clinical genetics, continuing care for the elderly, dental, haematology, hospital sterilising and disinfecting unit, infection control, in-vitro fertilisation services, lithotripsy, magnetic resonance imaging, medical photography, medical physics, mobile cardiac catheterisation, mobility provisions, nuclear medicine, occupational health, occupational therapy, ophthalmology, orthotics, oxygen therapy units, pathology, patient appliances, perfusionists, pharmacy, physiotherapy, prosthetics, psychology, radiology, speech therapy, termination of pregnancy.Building and engineering
Building and engineering, design, electrical, energy management, estates management, fire systems, flooring, gas supply, glazing, lighting, painting, repairs and maintenance, water services.Building and equipment/systems maintenance
Building, building and engineering, equipment/systems, estates.Training
Education, fire, staff.Notes:
1. There is no standard definition of services or list of services within the NHS and those listed above relate to trust or authority interpretation.
2. Service headings such as "hotel services" and "facilities management" include a wide and varying range of individual services e.g. car parking, catering, portering, security. There is no set pattern of which services make up Hotel Services etc., but the information relates to individual trust or authority interpretation.