Wifi available to visitors at Southport and Ormskirk hospitals

‘Visitors can now benefit from wifi at Southport and Ormskirk hospitals.

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust worked with Hospedia, the company that supplies the bedside entertainment system to patients, to make wifi available across the both sites.

Andrew Green, Facilities Manager for Technical Services, said: “Mobile phone reception in buildings like hospitals can be patchy at times so we hope the option to switch to wifi will benefit our visitors.
“We do ask, however, that visitors continue to refrain from using their phones on wards or clinical areas as they can interfere with medical equipment.”

Each wifi user receives 15 minutes free airtime per day. Charges for additional access are:
 2 hours £2.50
 24hours £5
 1 week £15
 1 month £28

Wifi access is provided through Sky UK’s The Cloud network for which registration is needed. This can be done from any computer or mobile device.
Internet access continues to be available to patients through the Hospedia beside system.’