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Written question asked by Lord Owen (Independent Social Democrat) on Monday, 23 January 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 February 2017. It was answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy (Conservative) on Monday, 6 February 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.


NHS: Private Sector

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in respect of the Department of Health’s figure of £8,722,000 for the amount spent in purchasing services from Independent Sector Providers in 2015–16, what are the (1) contracts, (2) providers and (3) service categories concerned.

Answer

Information pertaining to contracts and service categories is not held centrally.

National Health Service commissioners purchase services from a range of independent sector providers. NHS England records independent sector providers through coding identifiers; a sample of independent sector providers sourced from NHS England’s coding identifiers is attached, due to the large amount of data. Some providers do not have separate coding identifiers, therefore there are providers commissioned by NHS England which do not appear in the attached list.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4881
Session
2016-17
Attachment
Example list of providers
Subjects
Private sector NHS Procurement
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk