Bedside facilities

Many wards at King’s have a Hospicom bedside entertainment unit which is provided and maintained by HTS Ltd. Each patient is given a new pair of disposable headphones when they arrive on the ward.

To use the Hospicom unit, you will need a pre-paid card which you can buy from vending machines around the hospital .

The unit offers:

  • Radio
  • Telephone – you will be charged for outgoing calls at 10p per minute anywhere in the country, including mobile phones in the UK. Please note that calls made to your bedside phone will be charged to the caller at a higher rate.
  • Voicemail
  • Email
  • Access to the internet – this is only on the entertainment unit. You will not be able to use this with a laptop computer. You can view the hospital website, www.kch.nhs.uk, for free.
  • Television – some hospital channels and programmes are free.

For more information about Hospicom and the charges, please go to www.hospicom.co.uk.

Wi-Fi and laptops

Typing on a laptop

Please ask the ward if you are able to use a laptop at your bedside. Electrical outlets may be restricted to hospital equipment only.

WiFiSPARK is the external supplier offering paid Wi-Fi access to the internet for use with laptops.

For more information, please contact WiFiSPARK.
Tel: 0845 838 5340 – helpdesk
www.wifispark.com