Contracts for the independent sector and the purpose of each is shown in the following table. Contracts are generally for five years.
Provider Contract Capio One contract to provide Independent Sector Treatment Centre (ISTC) services Alliance Medical One contract to provide mobile MRI services Amicus Healthcare None Bupa Healthcare A provider through the Independent Sector Extended Choice Network (IS ECN)1 Mercury Health One contract to provide ISTCs services one contract for diagnostic services. Nations Healthcare Two contracts to provide ISTC services Netcare Healthcare Two contracts to provide NHS Walk In Centres with a commuter focus one contract to provide ISTC services one contract to provide mobile ophthalmic services Nuffield Hospitals A provider through the Independent Sector Extended Choice Network (IS ECN)1 Partnership Health Group Four contracts to provide ISTC services UKSH One contract to provide ISTC services 1 IS ECN providers are members of a framework and are paid on a per procedure basis and do not have five year contracts.
Financial information on individual contracts is commercially sensitive, the total value paid on all the ISTC programme contracts in 2006-07 is £216 million.