AQW 44891/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 22/04/2015
Answered On Date: 06/05/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety how many clinical contracts have been awarded to public providers since 2010.

Answer:

The HSC Board commissions the vast majority of its services from public sector providers through Service Agreements, rather than formal contractual arrangements, for example with each of the Health and Social Care Trusts.

Since 2010, one clinical contract has been awarded to a public provider, namely a cardiac surgery contract awarded by the HSC Board to Guys & St Thomas’ Hospitals, London.