The NHS has been censured for promoting hundreds of 0844 telephone numbers without explaining that users can be hit with rip-off charges of up to 41p a minute. Critics say charging people to access ...

A major supplier of 0844 telephone numbers has said practices will be allowed to change to a cheaper number within the terms of their contract. The Daisy Group has told practices they will impose no ...

NHS England has announced it will crack down on GPs use of premium phone numbers, and has asked local area teams to identify practices still using them. Last year MPs called for GPs to stop using 0844 ...

Thousands of sick people in Greater Manchester are paying a premium to book an appointment with their family doctor. The M.E.N. has found that a dozen surgeries with a total of 76,000 patients are ...

GP PRACTICES in Bexley are being challenged over use of 0844 numbers for patients booking appointments. Council leader Councillor Teresa O’Neill, chairman of Bexley's health and wellbeing board, has ...

GP SURGERIES have been urged to stop using expensive-rate 0844 numbers costing up to 41p a minute to call, after it emerged scores of practices in Wales still use them. GP SURGERIES have been urged to ...

LOCAL GP practices have been defending their use of non-local telephone codes after an attack from the Patients' Association. The association says one in five practices is using 0844 numbers, which ...

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GP SURGERIES have been urged to stop using expensive-rate 0844 numbers costing up to 41p a minute to call, after it emerged scores of practices in Wales still use them. GP SURGERIES have been urged to ...