Health written question – answered at on 13 December 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) how much the Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure was paid to outside consultants; how much the trust spent on preparing for foundation status after being given the go-ahead to do so; and how much the trust spent on (a) compiling the register of electors for governors and (b) the conduct of elections;
(2) how much money the Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital NHS Trust paid to outside bodies for help with (a) compiling its register of electors for governors and (b) the conduct of elections; and to which outside organisations the trust paid fees for (i) help in preparing electoral registers for elections for governors and (ii) the conduct of elections.
This is a matter for the chair of Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust. I have written to David Hooper, chair, informing him of my right hon. Friend's inquiry.
The Department provides a centrally provided programme of support and direct financial support to applicants preparing for NHS foundation trust status. It does not, however, hold information on the level of resources or the way in which resources are used by applicants in preparing for foundation status, including for their governance arrangements, as it is for each trust to determine how resources are best spent. Costs vary from trust to trust, depending on the individual circumstances of the organisation and its state of readiness.
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