Bedside TV in Hospitals

wiccanlou

Basildon Hospital is £3.50 for 24 hours but you have to buy a £5.00 card which they take a £1 deposit from so it leave 50p to make a call with but you get the £1 back. The cost does go down eventually.

elaineduncan

lallysmum wrote: »

When mum used to go into hospital all the time (usually for three weeks or so, but they would never say how long it would be so I never knew how long to buy tv credit for) it was £5 for 12 hours, £10 for 2 days, £15 for 3 days and £20 for 5 days. Used to cost me an absolute fortune.

We had the same thing with my Granda. Its not as bad if you know you are in for a set time, but when its day to day you don't want to pay the extra if its not going to be used.

wiccanlou

Basildon's one refunds any unused credits, if you buy a card for £20 and only use £12.50 you take the card back to the machine stick it in and it refunds the rest of the money. Shame on the hospitals that don't do that as they are taking money for services that they haven't provided.

she73

My husband has just come out of the royal in liverpool,he was in for seven months yes you heard that right and we worked out that at 3 pound a day which is one of the cheaper bedside tvs,this cost us nearly 600 pounds over the course of his stay.The one positive is that we could use the hospital wifi as it wasnt locked so we could chat on our laptops rather than pay even more to use the bedside phone.

Invalidation

Parva wrote: »

I'm fully aware of dongle usage thank you, though that does depend on reception. As I said, I was running Jodrell Bank just to get anything like a signal. The mini-aerials provided with dongle DVB-T tuners are only of any use if you live next door to the mast that's transmitting it.

I didnt mean the stupid upright Tv antenna but a a portable TV antenna that sits on the bedside locker.

Safetyone

Update from the Department of Health via e-mail ...........The service is part of the Paitent Power Programme ,To offer patients more choice ,Alternative services for example free television in day rooms and hospital payphones should still be available for paitents,
How many wards still have the day room ?????????

mazza111

My daughter's in Monklands (lanarkshire) atm. She begged for a TV. They gave her one FOV along with Freeview. Anything above that she can buy a card to top up.

So she's not got Xbox, laptop and TV all hooked up :rotfl:

Can't blame her though, she's likely to be in for 2-3 weeks. Luckily she's in a private room.

cepheus

£10 for a single days use now, whether you watch it or not. I understand that you can get a rebate if you leave the ward, but only if you use a debit card!

Do any hospitals allow portable TVs?

Presumably it is the likes of Hospedia who profit from this. Why didn't the NHS just buy some of these and an old easy to use mobile then rent them out for a deposit + a couple of quid a week?

Safetyone

Reply from the Right Hon Simon Burns Mp Minister For Health

Bedside telephones and television services were set up asadditional services as part of the Patient Power programme,to offer patients more choice ,Alternative services ,for example free television in day rooms and hospital payphones should still be availale for patients

This reply was sent to me on the 19th of March
How many hospitals still have day rooms???????

jackieb

Safetyone wrote: »

Reply from the Right Hon Simon Burns Mp Minister For Health

Bedside telephones and television services were set up asadditional services as part of the Patient Power programme,to offer patients more choice ,Alternative services ,for example free television in day rooms and hospital payphones should still be availale for patients

This reply was sent to me on the 19th of March
How many hospitals still have day rooms???????

The last ward my Dad was on, last month, had no day ward, communal TV or even any of the bedside TV's you have to pay for.