The investigation into Jimmy Savile's alleged abuse of patients at NHS hospitals has been extended to other hospitals, the health secretary says.
The inquiry, currently focused on Broadmoor, Stoke Mandeville and Leeds General hospitals, as well as a further 10 trusts, will be expanded to include "other hospitals", Jeremy Hunt said.
The hospitals were not named. A final report will be published in 2014.
The late DJ is believed to have abused hundreds of victims.
The former BBC presenter of Top Of The Pops and Jim'll Fix It, who also worked as a Radio 1 DJ and received a knighthood in 1990, died aged 84 in October 2011 - a year before the allegations were broadcast in an ITV documentary.
Revelations that the famed fundraiser had sexually abused children prompted hundreds of victims to come forward, including those who said they were attacked on BBC premises and at a number of other institutions.
Savile had a bedroom at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, an office and living quarters at Broadmoor, and widespread access to Leeds General Infirmary.
Mr Hunt said: "It is vital that the final NHS investigation report is thorough and complete and reflects all the evidence about Jimmy Savile's pattern of offending."
A Scotland Yard investigation into Savile's alleged crimes - one of three strands of Operation Yewtree - is due to report in the new year.
- Operation Yewtree Scotland Yard criminal investigation into sexual abuse claims against Savile and others linked to the presenter
- BBC investigation led by former Sky News head Nick Pollard into management failures over the dropping of Newsnight report about Savile
- BBC investigation led by former Appeal Court judge Dame Janet Smith into corporation's culture and practices during Savile's career and current child protection and whistle-blowing policies
- BBC investigation led by Dinah Rose QC into handling of past sexual harassment claims
- Department of Health investigation into Savile's abuse of patients
- Director of Public Prosecutions review into decisions by the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute Savile in 2009
The BBC understands it will put the number of alleged victims at over 500.
'Further relevant information'The Department of Health investigation into the three hospitals is being overseen by barrister - and former deputy chairman of the Financial Ombudsman Service - Kate Lampard.
In a written ministerial statement, Mr Hunt said: "The Metropolitan Police Service, working with Kate Lampard, has established there was further relevant information regarding Jimmy Savile.
"The Department of Health asked the Metropolitan Police Service, through an agreed information sharing process, to review information it held to ascertain if it included material related to health and care settings."
The revelations about Savile have led to a number of inquiries.
Firstly, the police investigation, Operation Yewtree, which has three strands.
One is looking specifically at the actions of Savile, and the second strand concerns allegations against "Savile and others".
The third strand relates to complaints against other people unconnected to the Savile investigations, made by people who came forward after widespread coverage of the scandal.
The BBC has also launched three reviews, including the Pollard Review, which has already reported the findings of its investigation into the dropping of a Newsnight report into claims Savile was a paedophile; and a review by Dame Janet Smith into culture and practices during Savile's career and current policies.
The director of public prosecutions is also reviewing decisions not to prosecute Savile in 2009.
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