Hospitals: Television
(asked on 24th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to reduce the costs to patients of hospital television services.
This question was answered on 3rd March 2020
National Health Service providers are locally responsible for the provision of bedside television and similar services. The Department is not party to the contracts which exist between the service providers and the individual NHS trusts. If patients do not wish to or are unable to afford the cost of the bedside television, they should still be able to watch the free to view television in the hospital day room or communal areas.