Telemedicine Mr. Stephen O'Brien To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 550W, on telemedicine, in which (a) local authority and (b) primary care trust areas business has been procured through the Purchasing and Supply Agency Telecare National Framework Agreement. Phil Hope This information is commercially confidential, as releasing it could give a commercial advantage to other organisations outside the framework agreement. The following table gives a high level breakdown of the number of organisations procuring through the framework. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Organisation type |Number of organisations| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |County Council |308 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Acute |211 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |PCT |106 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Borough Council |301 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Northern Ireland Board |157 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |City Council |154 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Ambulance |55 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |MHT |3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Housing Association |58 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |County Borough Council |16 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Welsh Local Health Board |6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |District Council |78 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Housing Consortium |2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Local Council |8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Miscellaneous |4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |City and Borough Council |3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Note:The table shows the number of purchasing points it was set up around a trust having one purchasing point put in practice some may have more than one.| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------