Early Day Motion·EDM 783

HOSPITAL BEDSIDE TELEPHONES

30 January 200786 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Andrew George

Liberal DemocratSt Ives

Motion Text

That this House, recalling the concern expressed in January and May 2006 by many hon. Members about the high cost of incoming calls to hospital bedside telephones provided by Patientline, Premier and Hospital Telephone Services, notes that charges have not yet been reduced; and calls on the Government to find a practical solution which results in a call cost acceptable to patients, friends and family, NHS trusts, Ofcom and the providers.