Troops 'Don't Pay for Tv' ; Health: Hospital Denies Bnp Claim On Injured Soldiers

Birmingham Mail › October 22, 2009

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BIRMINGHAM hospital bosses hit back today over allegations from the BNP that injured troops were forced to pay to watch television.

The claim was made by BNP leader Nick Griffin as he attempted to justify his wearing of a poppy against the wishes of the Royal British Legion during a televised debate. He said he would remove the poppy if the Legion put pressure on the Government to stop "charging young British soldiers with no legs in Selly Oak Hospital" to watch TV. But today the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, based at Selly Oak, insisted routine TV charges which applied to the hospital's civilian patients were not paid by troops.

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Troops 'Don't Pay for Tv' ; Health: Hospital Denies Bnp Claim On Injured Soldiers

Spokesman Peter Haslam said the charges were insteadmet by a patient welfare...

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