Written question asked by Michael Portillo (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 February 2004. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 February 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds have installed services for telephone, television and radio under the Patient Power Project, broken down by the licence holder providing the service. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Portillo: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds have installed services for telephone, television and radio under the Patient Power Project, broken down by the licence holder providing the service. [152033] Mr. Hutton: 52,000 beds have installed patient power services, including 46,000 in the major hospitals targeted in the NHS Plan. The number of operational beds provided by patient power licence holders is shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Licence Holder Number of operational beds Patientline 44,400 Wandsworth Electrical 3,713 Hospital Telephone Services 2,841 Kerfone 1,375 Premier Managed Payphones 100 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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