§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, (1) pursuant to his answer of 29 January 2001,Official Report, columns 47–48W, if he will list the NHS hospital trusts which have submitted full business cases since January 1999; and which have since been approved by the NHS Executive; [153122]
(2) pursuant to his answer of 29 January 2001, Official Report, columns 47–48W, on computer systems, if he will list the NHS hospital trusts which were the subject of full business cases for computer systems submitted in (a) 1999 and (b) 2000. [153123]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 12 March 2001]The information requested is given in the table. The table includes one full business case (for the scheme at Kettering General Hospital National Health Service Trust) which was not given in my answer of 29 January 2001, Official Report, columns 47–48W.
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Name of NHS Trust Type of investment Year full business case submitted for approval Whether full business case has been approved Date of approval (where relevant) Calderdale Healthcare NHS Trust Picture Archiving and Communication System 2000 Yes November 2000 Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust Electronic Patient Records 2000 No n/a Luton And Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust Electronic Patient Records 2000 Yes December 2000 North Durham Health Care NHS Trust Picture Archiving and Communication System 2000 Yes August 2000 Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust Patient Administration System 2000 Yes September 2000 South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust Electronic Patient Records and Picture Archiving and Communication System 2000 No n/a Tameside Acute Services NHS Trust Electronic Patient Records 2000 No n/a 1The full business cases for the schemes at Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust and Royal Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust were first received in their Regional Offices of the NHS Executive in December 1998.