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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were contracted for in each of his Department's contracts with independent sector firms to provide NHS operations; how many operations have been completed under each contract; and how many operations have been paid for but were not completed within the contracted time scale. [223254] Mr. Hutton :[holding answer 22 March 2005]: All wave 1 contracts with independent sector (IS) providers are for fixed terms (usually five years) and set numbers of procedures. IS providers are required to treat patients referred to them in order to be paid and it is the responsibility of the national health service to ensure that appropriate numbers of patients are referred to ensure that resources are not wasted and that patients receive treatment as quickly as possible. The number of patients treated under the schemes that are currently operational is shown in the tables Five year contracts at full service _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number/commencement date Daventry1 Total number of procedures 6,075 Total completed to date 3,783 Service commenced 1 October 2004 Mobile cataract units Total number of procedures 44,737 Total completed to date 11,687 Service commenced 26 January 2004 Kidderminster Total number of procedures 33,817 Total completed to date 109 Service commenced 1 February 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 36 month contract spread over four financial years. Contracts at interim service _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number/commencement date Brighton and Mid-Sussex (GC8) Total number of procedures 81,178 Total completed to date 77 Service commenced 1 February 2005 Southampton (GC4) Total number of procedures 95,137 Total completed to date 250 Service commenced 1 September 2004 Trent and South Yorkshire Total number of procedures 22,000 Total completed to date 2,196 Service commenced 13 April 2004 Bradford Total number of procedures 127,415 273,750 Total completed to date 600 Service commenced 23 February 2004 General supplementary procurement 1--one year Total number of procedures 25,000 Total completed to date 316,000 Service commenced June 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Procedures 2 Diagnostics 3 Approximately

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1557-8W;432 c1553-4W; 223254

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Contracts Private sector NHS Medical treatments Surgery

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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