Hello,

I would like to find a free-phone or geographical number for my doctor's surgery which is located in Cheltenham, UK.

The 0844 telephone number I have for them is 0844 4778964.

The address of the surgery is:
The Portland Practice, St. Paul's Medical Centre, 121 Swindon Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
The post code is GL50 4DP.

My attempts to find an alternative via a Google search did reveal the number 01242 707792, but when I dial this I just get a message saying the number has now changed to the above 0844 number.

Any help in finding an alternative would be much appreciated.  Thanks in anticipation.
Steve Holtz.

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The website for the Portland Practice is www.portlandpractice.co.uk

There are other practices at St Paul's Medical Centre, see here. They all appear to have similar 0844 numbers.

Unfortunately there is very little chance of finding the actual geographical numbers. However, that does not stop us trying.

Others have requested numbers for surgeries with 0844 477 numbers, see this post.

When was the number changed? St George's Surgery says on its website that "From Friday 5th August 2005 we will be changing over to a new telephone system." In my above post I said that maybe these lines are provided by Telstra Europe. Within the 01242 code there is one prefix, 01242 96, allocated to Telstra, change date 12/2005.

Hello Dave,

Thanks for your response.  If my memory serves me correctly the Portland Practice telephone number changed from 01242 707792 to 0844 4778964 early last year (2005).

Regards,
Steve Holtz.