§ Mr. WilshireTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2004,Official Report, column 861W, on Mercury Healthcare, on what date negotiations were entered into regarding the provision of an independent sector treatment centre with Capio UK. [160355]
§ Mr. HuttonCapio UK qualified as a short-listed bidder for the independent sector treatment centre spine chain in June 2003 and awarded reserve bidder status for the chain in September 2003. The announcement of their appointment as preferred bidder was made on Tuesday 17 February 2004.