Patients and staff will be able to access Hosptial Radio Bedford (HRB) shows more easily and without the need for a laptop, tablet or smartphone, thanks to courtesy speakers provided as part of a new listener initiative.
The new ‘stand-alone’ speakers mean that listeners simply ask the speaker to ‘play Hospital Radio Bedford’ to access HRB via the hospital’s Wi-Fi system.
This will help patients and staff listen to a new series of specially tailored shows – individual wards now have the chance to have their very own request shows – more easily.
‘It’s great that we can support the patients and staff with these new speakers and help them listen to HRB and, specifically, their request shows,” said HRB chairman, Geoff Clark.
“We’ve had such a fantastic response to the shows and, hopefully, we’ll see a lot more added to the station’s schedule in the coming months.”
Lyn Wright, activity coordinator for the Arnold Whitchurch and Russell wards said that music was definitely the best medicine for their patients.
“Our ladies on the Arnold Whitchurch ward really like listening to the music and especially the request shows they have on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons,” she said.
To listen to Hospital Radio Bedford, whether you’re inside the hospital or outside in the wider Bedford community, simply go to hospitalradiobedford.org.uk and click on the ‘Listen Now’ button or tune in via the RadioLine, MyTuner or LiveRadio smartphone/tablet app…or you can, of course, simply ask your smart speaker to ‘play Hospital Radio Bedford’.
