HIya,

This medical centre recently (last 6 months) changed to an 0844 number, its number is

(08444) 772593

I cant find a replacement number via name or number search here, if anyone knows it, could they please let me know as its costing me a small fortune in long drawn out calls to them!

Thanks in advance

Saner.

444411 Just gives the "This number has changed too 08444" message

The other is a dead number.


Bugger, thanks for looking anyways.

jrawle wrote on Aug 10^th, 2006 at 4:10pm:
I think something like this has been tried including asking via the Freedom of Information Act, which turned up empty.  I suspect that NEG, the owners of these numbers, sets up another geographical number for the surgery in question for which they (NEG) are only aware and then of course have the 0844 routed to it.

To the surgery/medical centres, they will not be aware (or even care in some cases) that their new 0844 number just gets routed to an ordinary geographical number as it's all done behind the scenes by NEG.  Obviously NEG have no intentions of letting surgeries & MC's know this as its not in their (NEGs) interest.  I can imagine NEG using the spiel that these calls cost similar to that of local rate (they may even say it costs local rate) but obviously fail to mention that it may not be possible to call from abroad or that 0844 isn't included in any tariffs, and more importingly that calls from mobiles and payphones are a lot higher.