Health written question – answered at on 21 July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) what systems are in place to ensure Alliance Medical provide the number of scans which their contract stipulates;
(2) pursuant to the answer of 5 July 2005, Official Report, column 346W, on diagnostic scans, how her Department will verify whether Alliance Medical Ltd. has carried out the number of diagnostic scans which their contract stipulates;
(3) what sanctions Alliance Medical will face if it fails to carry out the 630,000 diagnostic scans stipulated in their contract to provide diagnostic scanning services in the NHS.
holding answers 11 and
Data is collected monthly on the number of national health service referrals made and scans performed by Alliance Medical Ltd. (AMI). Performance is monitored weekly, quarterly and annually in accordance with the contract.
Should AMI fail to meet its contractual obligations it is possible to withhold payment. Should AMI repeatedly fail, there is an option also to terminate all or part of the contract.
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