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Written question asked by Helen Goodman (Labour) on Monday, 22 May 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 May 2006. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 June 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Laundry Services

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS hospitals have contracted out their laundry services; and what plans there are for further such contracting out.
Answer

Information is collected centrally on hospital trusts that have outsourced all or part of their provision of laundry services and where figures have been reported, these have been placed in the Library. The information represents the position as reported at 31 March 2005, which is the latest available.The data were provided by national health service organisations on a voluntary basis and they are incomplete. It is for local trusts to determine the extent to which and service should be contracted out.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
448 c329W; 73510
Session
2005-06
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP 06/1283
Tuesday, 27 June 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Hospitals Cleaning services
Link
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