Is your GP on a 0845 number still?

[Darth Vader]

According to the press and the link here,

 

http://www.sheffieldlink.org.uk/gp-phone-numbers-update

 

GP surgeries in Sheffield should have changed over by now.

 

My surgery still has not changed their number. It is no use saying, call them and ask for a ring back, as you have to wait a long time and do not get the same service as other users then. Also, Virgin Media charge a connection fee, so the worst charge applies, as soon as you phone the surgery, as you have to pay the connection fee and your call is always rounded up to the next minute anyway.

 

I can only find this link in the Star.

 

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/health/gp_surgeries_are_still_using_premium_rate_dialling_codes_join_the_debate_1_3322581

 

but I remember seeing another article in the Star with a Sheffield NHS address that people should complain to. Does anyone know the address, please?

 

 

The government has to do something about this rip-off, and start issuing penalties. They also need to get their own house in order, with numbers such as the Job Centre, HM Revenue, etc all using 0845 numbers. It is a disgrace that people already suffering hardship should have to pay through the nose to get the help they are entitled to.

[terryh]

if you go tohttp://www.saynoto0870.com/ sometimes you can get alternative numbers

[gnvqsos]

Yes.Dr Poser at Ramways,Home Lane,Sheff 6.

[esme]

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[WasThatWise]

Manor top medical centre is as far as I know, they have also restricted the number of tablets on a prescription to 28 where dosage is 1 per day, whereas before you could have 56, this now means I have to ring up twice as often, collect twice as often and go to Chemist twice as often, I have a pre pay certificate so it doesn't make a monetary difference. waste of everybody's time.

[Darth Vader]

if you go tohttp://www.saynoto0870.com/ sometimes you can get alternative numbers

 

Thanks, terryh, that's a very useful site. Unfortunately, though, there is no alternative for my GP surgery.

[HeadingNorth]

Manor top medical centre is as far as I know, they have also restricted the number of tablets on a prescription to 28 where dosage is 1 per day, whereas before you could have 56, this now means I have to ring up twice as often, collect twice as often and go to Chemist twice as often, I have a pre pay certificate so it doesn't make a monetary difference. waste of everybody's time.

 

That's supposed to be a national guideline and has been in place for many years; your surgery have been ignoring it, to your benefit. Presumably someone's told them to stop ignoring it.

 

I'm not saying that you have no legitimate complaint here, just that it probably isn't your surgery with whom you have it.

[Mandem]

As far as I know our doctors - Walkley Medical Centre is still using the 0845 number.

[dawny1970]

simple, call in and ask to speak to the practice manager as to why they are still using 0845 number when government guidelines state that they shouldn't be!!

[terryh]

i dont know if this is anygood to you but t mobile have just lowered there pricing on 0845 numbers