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Market Testing

Volume 264: debated on Monday 16 October 1995

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health which sites within the NHS have been subject to market testing; and which services on those sites have been market tested. [36642]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice his Department or the NHS executive has issued to health authorities or trusts about the market testing of physiotherapy services. [36646]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the value of NHS contracts by district and region placed with independent sector providers for

Contract value £000
RegionCateringDomestic servicesOther hotel ancillary services
Anglia/Oxford1,199.108,563.8217,793.14
North West (including Mersey)4,462.8518,013.6535,460.27
Northern and Yorkshire13,363.1116,159.0265,212.49
North Thames3,159.3031,181.7150,592.81
South Thames3,587.2318,087.7336,782.08
South and West1,407.209,469.6029,948.07
Trent1,483.344,023.609,469.44
West Midlands4,632.555,417.9823,329.61
Total32,294.68110,917.11209,587.91

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the value of NHS clinical contracts by district and region placed with independent sector providers for (a) radiology, (b) pathology, (c) imaging and (d) other clinical services for (i) 1992–93, (ii) 1993–94 and (iii) 1994–95. [36794]

Figures in £000
RegionRadiologyPathologyImagingOther clinical services
Anglia and OxfordNilNilNil52.6
North ThamesNil22498280
North WestNilNilNilNil
Northern and YorkshireNilNilNil305
South ThamesNilNilNil277
South and WestNilNilNil893.5
TrentNilNil182Nil
West MidlandsNilNilNil3,181.6