Examination of Witnesses (Questions 460
- 465)
THURSDAY 23 MARCH 2006
MS NICOLA
EASEY AND
MRS PAULINE
QUAN ARROW
Q460 Chairman: Where is the treatment
centre geographically? It is over the Humber, is it?
Ms Easey: Yes, the treatment centre
that has just opened is in York, which is not that far away in
terms of mileage but if you have not got a car and public transport
is poor, and your relatives and friends cannot visit, it is very
difficult.
Q461 Dr Naysmith: You have now let
this second phase contract. Does it say anything about private
work that goes on in the ISTC?
Mrs Quan Arrow: Not that I am
aware of.
Q462 Dr Naysmith: But there will
be the possibility for private work to go on?
Mrs Quan Arrow: That, again, I
do not know.
Q463 Dr Naysmith: In ISTCs private
work will go on there as well as National Health Service patients,
will it not?
Ms Easey: Yes, there are some
ISTCs that I know of where they do both.
Q464 Dr Naysmith: I am thinking about
it in terms of the National Health Service consultant being seconded
it might encourage a bit more private work.
Mrs Quan Arrow: That has not come
up as an issue. It is not happening.
Q465 Dr Naysmith: It will not be
happening yet in yours because you are not up and running.
Mrs Quan Arrow: Quite, but as
they are accountable to us as the PCT we would then have the say
whether that could happen or not if it is going to be at the cost
of our population or anything else like that, or if it helps utilise
the capacity and makes it more cost-effective then that would
perhaps be a good decision, but I do not know.
Chairman: Thank you both very much for
coming along and giving evidence to us this morning.
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