Select Committee on Public Accounts Minutes of Evidence

Memorandum submitted by the National Audit Office

KEY LIFT STATISTICS AND DATA AS AT SEPTEMBER 2005

As at September 2005:

Public body	Status	Preferred bidder	Date preferred bidder appointed	Financial close date	Buildings open to patients
First Wave
Barnsley	LIFTCo established	Community Solutions for Care	19/02/2003	30/01/2004	Goldthorpe—Dec 2004 Worsbrough—Dec 2004 Thurnscoe— Dec 2004
Camden & Islington	LIFTCo established	Community Solutions for Care	23/05/2003	16/07/2004	Hanley Road—June 2005 Bingfield Street—Aug 2005
East London & City	LIFTCo established	Global Solutions/Babcock & Brown	05/12/2002	End-May 2003	The Centre Manor Park—Sept 2004 Boleyn Centre, Barking Rd—Aug 2005
Manchester, Salford & Trafford	LIFTCo established	ExcellCare Ltd	16/04/2003	01/07/2004
Newcastle and North Tyneside	LIFTCo established	Robertson	28/05/2003	11/05/2004	Brunton Park—March 2005 Shiremoor—March 2005 Walker— June 2005 Kenton— Sept 2005
Sandwell	LIFTCo established	ExcellCare Ltd	11/04/2003	15/01/2004	Birmingham Rd Health Centre—April 2005 Oldbury Sept 2005
Second Wave
Barking and Havering	LIFTCo established	Primaria	May 2003	04/12/2003	Thamesview—April 2005 Broad Street—June 2005
Birmingham & Solihull	LIFTCo established	Carillion Prime	11/06/2003	21/07/2004	Chelmsley Wood—July 2005 Woodgate Valley—July 2005
Bradford	LIFTCo established	B & N Group Ltd	17/11/2003	19/10/2004
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly	LIFTCo established	1st Health Solutions	22/08/2003	24/05/2004	Liskeard Health Centre— June 2005
Coventry	LIFTCo established	GB Consortium	25/09/2003	08/12/2004
East Lancashire	LIFTCo established	Eric Wright Group	11/06/2003	24/10/2003	Bacup— March 2005 Nelson— May 2005 Darwen— June 2005
Hull	LIFTCo established	Sewell	05/09/2003	20/09/2004	Marfleet— Sept 2005
Leicester City	LIFTCo established	ExcellCare Ltd	15/08/2003	18/08/2004
Liverpool & Sefton	LIFTCo established	GB Consortium	13/11/2003	18/06/2004	Ainsdale— June 2005 West Everton—July 2005 Litherland—September 2005
Medway	LIFTCo established	Ryhurst	07/01/2004	24/05/2005
North Staffordshire	LIFTCo established	Prime	04/11/2003	03/02/2005
Redbridge & Waltham Forest	LIFTCo established	Ryhurst	May 2003	05/08/2004
Third Wave
Ashton Leigh & Wigan	LIFTCo established	Eric Wright Group	18/09/2003	31/01/2004	Atherton—January 2005 Lower Ince—May 2005 Worsley Mesnes— July 2005
Barnet, Enfield & Haringey	LIFTCo established	GB Consortium	07/11/2003	15/07/2004
Brent, Harrow & Hillingdon	LIFTCo established	Global Solutions / Babcock & Brown	06/10/2003	22/12/2004
Bristol	LIFTCo established	Infracare (South West) Ltd	12/08/2003	07/05/2004
Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich	LIFTCo established	Global Solutions/Babcock & Brown	24/11/2003	01/03/2005
Colchester & Tendring	LIFTCo established	Mill Group	07/11/2003	07/07/2004
Doncaster	Preferred Bidder	Community Solutions for Primary Care (CSPC)	20/12/2004	N/A
Dudley South	Preferred Bidder	Infracare (South West) Ltd	26/04/2004	N/A
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	LIFTCo established	Building Better Health	15/08/2003	22/03/2005
East Hampshire, Fareham/Gosport	LIFTCo established	Community Solutions for Primary Care	26/01/2004	09/02/2005
Greater Nottingham	LIFTCo established	ExcellCare Ltd	17/09/2003	14/06/2004
Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham	Preferred Bidder	Building Better Health	14/11/2003	N/A
Leeds	LIFTCo established	Primaria	12/12/2003	28/09/2004
Norfolk	LIFTCo established	Guildhouse Investment Management	05/12/2003	21/05/2004	Plowright Medical Centre, Swaffham— May 2005 Sheringham Health Centre—Aug 2005
North Nottingham	Preferred Bidder	ExcellCare Ltd	03/11/2003	N/A
Oldham	LIFTCo established	Ist Health Solutions	12/12/2003	17/11/2004
Oxford City	LIFTCo established	Infracare (South West) Ltd	20/10/2003	29/11/2004
Plymouth	LIFTCo established	Midas Sutton Harbour	20/11/2003	21/10/2004
Sheffield	Preferred Bidder	Ist Health Solutions	23/12/2003	N/A
Southern Derbyshire	LIFTCo established	ExcellCare Ltd	30/10/2003	03/12/2004	Eden Surgery—Aug 2005
South West London	LIFTCo established	Building Better Health	22/12/2003	28/04/2005
St Helens, Knowsley, Halton, Warr	LIFTCo established	William Pears (Family Holdings)	19/11/2003	20/10/2004
Tees Valley	LIFTCo established	B&N Group Ltd	28/01/2004	13/10/2004
Wolverhampton	LIFTCo established	Global Solutions/ Babcock & Brown	28/10/2003	10/11/2004
Fourth Wave
Bury, Tameside & Glossop	Pre-tender stage		N/A	N/A
Rochdale, Bolton and Heywood & Middleton	Pre-tender stage		N/A	N/A
South East Essex	Pre-tender stage		N/A	N/A
South East Midlands	Pre-tender stage		N/A	N/A
South Midlands	Pre-tender stage		N/A	N/A
South West Hampshire	Pre-tender stage		N/A	N/A
Sustainable Communities in Kent	Pre-tender stage		N/A	N/A
Wiltshire	Pre-tender stage		N/A	N/A

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Prepared 4 July 2006