To ask Her Majesty's Government which applications to merge hospital trusts or other NHS organisations have been made to the Co-operation and Competition Panel since its establishment. [HL2515]

The Co-operation and Competition Panel began operations in January 2009 and has received the following merger cases involving National Health Service organisations:

merger of Croydon Primary Care Trust's (PCT's) provider services arm and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust;

transfer of Buckinghamshire PCT's provider services arm to Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust;

East London NHS Foundation Trust proposals to acquire Newham PCT's provider services arm;

merger of South-East Essex's provider services arm and Mid-Essex's provider services arm;

merger of Ealing PCT’s provider services arm, Harrow PCT's provider services arm and Ealing Hospital NHS Trust;

merger of NHS Lewisham's provider services arm with Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust;

merger of Portsmouth's provider services arm and Southampton City's provider services arm;

merger of Bexley Care Trust with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and South London Healthcare Trusts;

transfer of services from Derby City Provider Services to Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;

merger of West Sussex Provider Services and South Downs Health NHS Trust;

acquisition of Bedfordshire and Luton Partnership NHS Trust;

merger of NHS Richmond and Twickenham and NHS Hounslow provider services arms; and

transfer of NHS Barking and Dagenham community health services business to North East London Foundation Trust.