HC Deb 28 June 1994 vol 245 c536W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance her Department has given to NHS trust hospitals about charging patients for use of private beds when no NHS beds are available;

(2) what guidelines her Department issued about the use of empty private beds in trust hospitals when all NHS beds are full.

Mr. Sackville

All beds in national health service hospitals can be used by patients receiving NHS treatment.