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Mr. Tim Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by his Department in 1987, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.
Mr. Moore
Details of each management or computer consultancy awarded by the Department in 1987 are as follows:
| Management consultancy contracts | |
| Firm | Subject of assignment |
| Abbey Business Consultants | General support |
| Abbey Business Consultants | Family Practitioner Committee computing requirements |
| Abbey Business Consultants | Development of General Practitioner/ Family Practitioner Committee links |
| Abbey Business Consultants | Evaluation of system for Medical Practices Committee |
| Action Tech | Medical Division clinical trial exemption project |
| Applied Systems Engineering; CSC | Departmental Integrated Support Environment |
| Arthur Andersens; CSC | Operational Strategy Services task force |
| Arthur Andersens; CSC | End to End Architecture |
| Arthur Andersens | Retirement Pension Forecast and Advice Service |
| Arthur Young | General support |
| Medicines Division—IT Strategy | |
| Medicines Division—Adverse drug reaction | |
| Arthur Young | Whole Unit Concept: internal staffing factors |
| Arthur Young | Expert system for Korner-based performance indicators |
| Arthur Young; Systems Design; Enator; KPMG | Review of forecasting, planning and control systems for local office network |
| Arthur Young; Dr. P. | Good laboratory practice |
| Grasso | |
| Atkins Planning | Setting targets for the utilisation of NHS residential accommodation |
| D. E. Barnard | Family Practitioner Services Data Communications |
Firm
| Subject of assignment
|
| Binder Hamlyn | IT User Training |
| Binder Hamlyn; A. Holbrook | Review of medicines laboratory at Edinburgh |
| BIS | Development of an implementation methodology. |
| BIS | Review of telecommunications. |
| Delia Bubby | Programming: Operational Research Studies. |
| BT;CSC | Family Credits. |
| BT Talks | Strategy Data Network. |
| Campbell and Devore Associates | Family Centres Inspection. |
| Cocking and Drury; Data Logic | Operational Strategy implementation model based on APL. |
| Computer People South | Dentists/Dental Estimates Board links software development. |
| Coopers and Lybrand | Activity sampling in Social Security offices. |
| Coopers and Lybrand | Health promotion and disease prevention—policy modelling. |
| Coopers and Lybrand; Queen Mary's Medical School; St. Mary's Medical School | Integrated Review of Resource Allocation Working Party. |
| Coopers and Lybrand; Gallup; Logica; Sigma; Delgat | Regional Organisation Scrutiny. |
| CRC (Commercial) | GP computing support. |
| CSC; Falcon | Local Office Project. |
| CSC | Service Management. |
| CSC | Strategy Product Assurance Group. |
| CSC | Overall Management. |
| CSSL | SR5 Information Centre. |
| Kay Curtis | Upgrade of Primary Care system GP/ FPC links software development. |
| DEGW | Accommodation study for occupation of Richmond Yard. |
| Deloitte, Haskins and Sells | Proprietorial lead element of pharmacist proprietors notional salary. |
| Enator | Aggregate Performance Indicators. |
| Enator | Implementation of Regional Office By Office Package in six Social Security Regions. |
| Eosys | Richmond Yard (communication implications). |
| Ernst and Whinney | Investment Appraisal. |
| Ernst and Whinney | FA/FB—Operational Project. |
| Ernst and Whinney | Social Services Inspectorate—System Specification |
| Fabric Care Research Association | Total linen management systems. |
| Grafton | SR5 Information Centre. |
| ICL | Mainframe Management System: Newcastle Central Office. |
| ICL | Retirement Pension Project. |
| ICL | Consultant (mainframe environment). |
| I.N.I. Systems | Operational Strategy: Manpower Model. |
| Institute of Health Services Management | Senior manager's pay structure plus analysis of backgrounds of Unit General Managers. |
| Institute of Manpower Studies | Manpower Management Model. |
| Institute of Manpower Studies | Staffing implications of Social Security Review. |
| Kings Fund College | Advice to the national development team for people with mental handicap. |
| Kinsley Lord | Management communications in the NHS. |
| KPMG | Fincare campus. Development needs of the NHS finance function. |
| Linklaters and Paines; Rowe and Mawe | Personal Pension Scheme model rules |
| Local Government Training Board | Training of senior managers in Social Services |
Firm
| Subject of assignment
|
| Logica | Telecommunications Network studies |
| Logica | Implications of moving mainframe to Lytham |
| John McGee | Facilitator for NHS Management Board on organisational strategies |
| MAS; IJK Research; CACI; Leicester University | Advertising on smoking |
| Metron | Interim system for Professional Information Requirements |
| MOM | Asset register |
| Dr. A. T. Moore | Pilot study in East Anglia, out-patient referral systems |
| Moss Price Computing | Medicines Division Inspectorate— operational planning system |
| National Institute of Social Work | One day seminar |
| Oxford RHA | FPC Software Training |
| PA Management Consultants | Management Information Systems for Regional Directorate |
| PActel | SR5 Information Centre |
| Peat Marwick McLintock | Integrated Strategic Planning |
| PHH Ltd. | Transport fleet management and information system |
| Price Waterhouse | Review of Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work |
| Price Waterhouse | Service Management group |
| Price Waterhouse | Waiting List initiative |
| Price Waterhouse | YTS Feasibility Study |
| REL | Strategy Security |
| Resources International; Ultra Comp. | National Unemployment Benefit system |
| Richmond Associates | Consultancy on accommodation |
| Drs. Rogers, Lockwood, Zermansky, Rose, Sandilands and Phillips (GPs) | Review of prescribing publications and other work |
| Roundhouse Marketing; J.C. Barnett | Action on prescribing |
| SIA | SR5 Information Centre |
| Software AG | SR5 Information Centre |
| Software AG | FA/FB—Operational Project |
| Spicer and Pegler | Performance Indicators expert system |
| Grant Thornton | Domestic catering and laundry services |
| Touche Ross | GP/FPC links trial evaluation |
| Touche Ross | Dentists/Dental Estimates Board links trial evaluation |
| University of Keele | Structures in pathology laboratory Service |
| WS Atkins | Quality Assurance |
| WS Atkins | Regional Liaison general IT support |
| WS Atkins | Telecommunications: Wiring survey |
| Wootton Jeffreys | Procurement guidance |