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Hospitals: Radio

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 24755, tabled on 3 May 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support hospital radio stations.

Answered on

9 May 2024

Hospital radio can provide National Health Service patients and visitors with a positive experience at a time when they are feeling vulnerable. NHS trusts work locally with volunteers and organisations to provide this service. Decisions about supporting the service are made most appropriately at a local level.