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Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Thursday, 13 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 October 2005. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 31 October 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Scanning Services

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what methodology was used to calculate value for money in the contract with Alliance Medical Limited for scans.
Answer

[holding answer 18 October 2005]: Value for money from the services procured from Alliance Medical Ltd. for the mobile magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning and reporting services was ensured with a quality specification and comparison with the latest available national health service MRI direct access tariff information at the time the contract was negotiated.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
19059; 438 c852-3W;438 c851W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Magnetic resonance imagers Alliance Medical