Patientline on the ropes :-))

Emil Tiades

On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:42:12 +0000, (David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:


>
>Individual TV sets at every bed? You must have been in different
>hospitals to the ones I visited...

Small screens on swivel arms at every bed, yup.
The last 3 times I was in hospital in UK, I had one of these and so
did everyone else.
Cost a fortune though.

David Horne, _the_ chancellor

Emil Tiades <> wrote:

> On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:42:12 +0000, (David Horne,
> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
>
> >
> >Individual TV sets at every bed? You must have been in different
> >hospitals to the ones I visited...
>
> Small screens on swivel arms at every bed, yup.
> The last 3 times I was in hospital in UK, I had one of these and so
> did everyone else.
> Cost a fortune though.

Yes, but the one I used was by Patientline. Were there other companies
providing these?

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David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
> Emil Tiades <> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:42:12 +0000, (David Horne,
>> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Individual TV sets at every bed? You must have been in different
>>> hospitals to the ones I visited...
>>
>> Small screens on swivel arms at every bed, yup.
>> The last 3 times I was in hospital in UK, I had one of these and so
>> did everyone else.
>> Cost a fortune though.
>
> Yes, but the one I used was by Patientline. Were there other companies
> providing these?


Yes, is one.

There's another one, I forget the name.


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DaveP

> Patientline and their vile business model are on their death bed, with
> little hope of survival.

It is expensive but if you do spend time in hospital the television is a
godsend. I was in for a week and yes it was bloody steep. I also had to
chase for the promised refund as it didn't automatically appear (a friend
warned me they usually hope you forget about it).

They had several sharp practices - like shutting off TV's which had been
paid for when people were discharged (once the credit is on the TV you
can't have it refunded).

It would also be fairier to pay for TV in hours used, not per 24 hour
period, though very unlikely as it would make their losses worse.

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R. Mark Clayton wrote:
> Patientline and their vile business model are on their death bed, with
> little hope of survival.
>
> Putting the prices up resulted in reduced revenue (whereas advice
> from this group was to lower prices in actually increase revenue)
> with the shares now down to less than 1p see: -
>
>
>
> does it hurt - only when I am ROTFLMAO!




Premier are another one, wonder how they are getting on?


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On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:12:10 -0000, "Hog" <.uk>
wrote:

>Nomen Nescio wrote:
>> "R. Mark Clayton" <> wrote:
>>
>>> Patientline and their vile business model are on their death bed,
>>> with little hope of survival.
>>>
>>> Putting the prices up resulted in reduced revenue (whereas advice
>>> from this group was to lower prices in actually increase revenue)
>>> with the shares now down to less than 1p see: -
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> does it hurt - only when I am ROTFLMAO!
>>
>> good riddance!
>> ***** the b******s!
>
>It wasn't Patient Line that ****ed the business model. It was the UK Govmint
>and regional NHS Trusts that did that.
>HTH.

Do you wish to expand on your reasoning?

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David Horne, _the_ chancellor

R. Mark Clayton <> wrote:

> Patientline and their vile business model are on their death bed, with
> little hope of survival.
>
> Putting the prices up resulted in reduced revenue (whereas advice from this
> group was to lower prices in actually increase revenue) with the shares now
> down to less than 1p see: -
>
>
> rticle2957517.ece
>
> does it hurt - only when I am ROTFLMAO!

I found the TV service very handy when I was in hospital a few years
ago. It got me through being bored, in pain and drugged up. It was also
a great escape from the rest of the ward. I think that if all the TV
units were removed, people would certainly miss them. Not sure if I'd be
laughing if I had to go back to hospital without a TV service... (the
radio was free IIRC.)

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Ivor Jones

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <.uk>
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[snip]

: : I found the TV service very handy when I was in
: : hospital a few years ago. It got me through being
: : bored, in pain and drugged up. It was also a great
: : escape from the rest of the ward. I think that if all
: : the TV units were removed, people would certainly miss
: : them. Not sure if I'd be laughing if I had to go back
: : to hospital without a TV service... (the radio was free
: : IIRC.)

Last time I was in hospital (around 1998 IIRC) I had a standalone telly on
a trolley that they wheeled to my bed. Can't remember how much it cost but
it wasn't all that much, around £25-£30 for the week I was there, I think.

Ivor

David Horne, _the_ chancellor

Ivor Jones <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:

> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <.uk>
> wrote in message
> news:.uk
>
> [snip]
>
> : : I found the TV service very handy when I was in
> : : hospital a few years ago. It got me through being
> : : bored, in pain and drugged up. It was also a great
> : : escape from the rest of the ward. I think that if all
> : : the TV units were removed, people would certainly miss
> : : them. Not sure if I'd be laughing if I had to go back
> : : to hospital without a TV service... (the radio was free
> : : IIRC.)
>
> Last time I was in hospital (around 1998 IIRC) I had a standalone telly on
> a trolley that they wheeled to my bed. Can't remember how much it cost but
> it wasn't all that much, around £25-£30 for the week I was there, I think.

That's more expensive than the personalised TV service patientline
offers, which is £3-£3.50 a day.

There was quite a large take-up of the TV service in the ward I was in-
I can't imagine that this would be replaced with standalone TVs, and in
any case the patientline charge is only about £3-£3.50 a day. And, the
radio is free. And where it's available, internet is free...

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Ivor Jones

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <.uk>
wrote in message
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: : Ivor Jones <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
: :
: : : "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)"
: : : <.uk>
: : : wrote in message
: : : news:.uk
: : :
: : : [snip]
: : :
: : : : : I found the TV service very handy when I was in
: : : : : hospital a few years ago. It got me through being
: : : : : bored, in pain and drugged up. It was also a great
: : : : : escape from the rest of the ward. I think that if
: : : : : all the TV units were removed, people would
: : : : : certainly miss them. Not sure if I'd be laughing
: : : : : if I had to go back to hospital without a TV
: : : : : service... (the radio was free IIRC.)
: : :
: : : Last time I was in hospital (around 1998 IIRC) I had
: : : a standalone telly on a trolley that they wheeled to
: : : my bed. Can't remember how much it cost but it wasn't
: : : all that much, around £25-£30 for the week I was
: : : there, I think.
: :
: : That's more expensive than the personalised TV service
: : patientline offers, which is £3-£3.50 a day.

Well it was an off-the-top-of-my-head figure, I could be wrong, it was 9
years ago.

Ivor