Current status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 23 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the key performance indicators will be in the contract to provide the Scottish Regional Treatment Centre at Stracathro Hospital.
Contract negotiations with thepreferred bidder are on-going, the details of which are “commercial in confidence”at this stage. The contract will, however, set out a comprehensive and sophisticatedperformance management regime whereby the provider must meet a detailed list ofkey performance indicators. This will be subject to a structured review processthroughout the operation of the treatment centre.
The treatment centre will alsobe subject to the same level of review by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (QIS)as all other NHS facilities and will be included in any activity undertaken by NHSQIS within NHS Tayside.