Agreed.
Should be able to avoid it by finding alternative number using:
http://www.saynoto0870.co.uk/
(Obviously also for 0870 numbers etc.)
Regards,
S
-----Original Message-----
From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Jobson
Sent: 22 January 2007 09:56
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: 0844 numbers for surgeries
"The NHS is free at the point of contact"
What a larf
Just had to phone my M-in-L's GP and been
forced to use 0844 number which I gather
costs 4.5 p/min, when I could have dialled
free on a BT standard line.
Her GP makes about 1-2 p/min - and of course there
was a boring list of options to go through
ensuring I was trapped on line for several minutes.
To an old luddite like me this stinks.
What do others feel?
David Jobson
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