The number of NHS organisations investigating allegations of abuse by Jimmy Savile has been extended to 41, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.
The findings of inquiries at 28 hospitals were published in June.
A further wave of allegations has since emerged at some of those hospitals, and meanwhile a further eight hospitals and one ambulance service are starting investigations.
The results are expected in January 2015.
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.
He was an opportunistic and prolific sex offender, who took advantage of his celebrity status to carry out abuse in dozens of NHS hospitals, according to the reports published in June.
Assaults on victims aged from five to 75 were described in reports into Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor.
Reports from four hospitals - Stoke Mandeville, Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire, Springfield Hospital in London and Crawley Hospital in West Sussex - were also due in June, but have been delayed.
Eight hospitals are starting fresh inquiries:
- Birch Hill Hospital in Rochdale
- Scott House Hospital in Rochdale
- Bethlem Royal Hospital in London
- Shenley Hospital in London
- St Martin's Hospital in Canterbury
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead
- Meanwood Park Hospital near Leeds
- Calderdale Royal Hospital
West Yorkshire Ambulance Service is also investigating allegations.
The precise details of Savile's links with these institutions or the number of alleged offences is unknown.
'Sports event'The Shenley Hospital closed in 1998, but the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is conducting the investigation.
It said: "The allegation is about a teenager, not a patient, who took part in a sports event held there when Savile was present.
"We have spoken to this person, our report will be published in line with all the others."
The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Bethlem Royal Hospital, said: "We are investigating this evidence thoroughly and if necessary will ensure that any lessons are learnt for the future."
Meanwhile, Leeds General Infirmary, Stoke Mandeville and the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle are investigating fresh allegations that have emerged since June.
In a written ministerial statement, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "At the request of the Crown Prosecution Service, the publication of the NHS investigations into Jimmy Savile is being delayed until the conclusion of ongoing legal proceedings.
"Therefore, I wish to advise the House that there will be a delay in the publication of the outstanding NHS investigation reports.
"We now hope trusts will publish their reports in January 2015."
The investigation at Leeds, published earlier this year, found patients, including teenagers recovering from surgery, had been abused in their beds and one 10-year-old boy had been sexually assaulted while waiting on a trolley for an X-ray on his broken arm.
When the reports came out, Mr Hunt apologised on behalf of the government and the NHS.
He said there was a "deep sense of revulsion" over the findings, adding: "We let them [the victims] down badly."
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