§ Mr. PortilloTo 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]
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§ Mr. Hutton52,000 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
§ Mr. PortilloTo 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. HuttonStrong 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.
§ Mr. PortilloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many licences have been awarded to firms to provide telephone, television and radio services to hospital patients' bedsides under the patient power project. [152037]
§ Mr. HuttonEight patient power suppliers have licences, five of which are full licences and three are provisional.