§ 56. Mr. Doddsasked the Minister of Health during which evening hours patients who are in reasonably good health at the Darenth Park Hospital and the Bexley Hospital are allowed to watch television programmes; and at what time they are required to go to bed during the months of June, July and August.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithI am informed that at Darenth Park Hospital television is usually turned off at 8.30 p.m. on three nights a week; on other nights it continues until the end of an appropriate programme and may go on until after 11 p.m. at the discretion of the night nurse. There are no set hours for going to bed, although the lower grade patients generally go by about 8.30 p.m. At Bexley Hospital there are no set hours for switching off television or going to bed.