South Yorks 'worst offender for premium rate GP phone numbers'

2011-04-20T18:52:00+01:00

PERFORMANCE: GPs in the South Yorkshire cluster of PCTs are the biggest users of premium rate phone numbers, according to a campaign group.

According to SAYNOTO0870.COM: “The deadline for NHS surgeries to stop using phone numbers which attract a premium rate has now passed…

“A newly compiled league table places South Yorkshire’s GPs in the number 1 spot, with a total of 152 of them using [premium rate] numbers.”

April 2011

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