Telephone Links (South Thames Regional Office)

HC Deb 18 May 1995 vol 260 cc343-4W

Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what is the total cost to South Thames regional health authority of purchasing electronic links computer equipment for new 10 digit telephone numbers within the NHS; [24789]

(2) from which budget South Thames regional health authority is purchasing electronic links computer equipment. [24788]

Mr. Sackville

The telephone switchboard at Eastbourne terrace, the location of both South and North Thames regional health authorities, will be upgraded at a cost of £8,500 to make it compatible with the existing Department of Health telephone system. This will have significant benefits and will be funded from the office information system implementation budget for the North and South Thames regional office.