§ Mr. Wilshire:To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many treatments are planned to be provided at the new treatment centre at Ashford (Middlesex) hospital during the five year contract; and what proportion of these will be in addition to the number that would be provided during the same period in the facilities that will be used by Mercury Health Ltd. [130936]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 18 September 2003_1:The treatment centre at Ashford plans to provide treatment for 1,711 patients annually, a total of 8,555 patients over the five years of the contract.
The treatment centre is a refurbishment of a facility that is currently out of commission. The development allows this capacity to be made available for national health service care.