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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Portillo: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of the beds deemed suitable to receive telephone, television and radio services under the Patient Power Project have those services; [152034] (2) how many and what proportion of NHS trusts have signed concession agreements with licence holders under the Patient Power project; [152035] (3) how many installations under the Patient Power project will be completed by the end of 2004. [152036] Mr. Hutton: Strong progress is being made with the patient power project. These facilities for patients are delivered at no cost to the National Health Service. As a result, the National Health Service has benefited from over 100 million of private sector investment. The NHS Plan target states that patient power services will be available in every major hospital by the end of 2004, which means some 85,000 beds in 155 major hospitals in 125 trusts will have a system. Within major hospitals, over 46,000 beds of that target of 85,000 already have an operational system with almost a year to go before the NHS Plan deadline for installation. 122 of the 125 targeted trusts have signed a contract with a supplier and the remaining three are expected to sign shortly. In addition, NHS Estates has worked with suppliers to enable smaller hospitals to install a service. In total, 52,000 beds in 112 hospitals currently have the service. So far, a total of 149 trusts have signed a contract with a patient power licence holder.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

417 c1414W; 152034;152035;152036

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Costs Hospitals Finance Facilities Patients NHS trusts Radio Television Telephones

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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