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jaxx46
jaxx46 Posts: 613 Forumite
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Hi, does anyone out there know how much it costs to ring the phones that patients have by their beds? DD2 is 5 mths pregnant, 260 miles away and just been taken into hospital. Obviously i will ring her but am on benefits so therefore a tight budget and need to know how much extra i will have to put away for phone bill.
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  • seadee
    seadee Posts: 400 Forumite
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    If this is the system she has at her hospital, then info here

    http://www.patientline.co.uk/using_ptl_faqs.php

    Cheaper for her to call you it seems.

    10p a minute to make a call 39p off peak and 49 minute peak to receive them
  • DCodd
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    seadee wrote: »
    If this is the system she has at her hospital, then info here

    http://www.patientline.co.uk/using_ptl_faqs.php

    Cheaper for her to call you it seems.

    10p a minute to make a call 39p off peak and 49 minute peak to receive them

    And you are listening to options for 1.5 mins before the call is put through to the patient as I found out last week:mad:
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  • seadee
    seadee Posts: 400 Forumite
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    DCodd wrote: »
    And you are listening to options for 1.5 mins before the call is put through to the patient as I found out last week:mad:

    Ouch - very naughty.
  • jaxx46
    jaxx46 Posts: 613 Forumite
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    thanx for the info much appreciated, best get the penny jar out, lol
    Sometimes not moving backwards is as much an achievement as moving forwards is on other times. (originally posted by kidcat)

    It's only a bargain if you were going to buy it anyway!
  • Farway
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    I thought mobiles are now allowed in certain area? Maybe cheaper to use one if your or her have "free" minutes
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  • benjus
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    Farway wrote: »
    I thought mobiles are now allowed in certain area? Maybe cheaper to use one if your or her have "free" minutes

    Yes - they are no longer prohibited throughout hospitals and there should be posters around the ward to tell you whether you can use mobiles or not.

    If she can use a mobile it will almost certainly be cheaper to call her that way rather than the wretched Patientline system - even if she doesn't already have a mobile and you have to buy her a cheap one!
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  • JoKay_2
    JoKay_2 Posts: 301 Forumite
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    I've just come out of hospital and there were no restrictions at all on mobile use, so I wouldn't rush to use the patient phone until she's checked if she can use mobiles.
    HTH
  • Heinz
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    JoKay wrote: »
    I've just come out of hospital and there were no restrictions at all on mobile use, so I wouldn't rush to use the patient phone until she's checked if she can use mobiles.
    And, of course, mobiles are small enough to be concealed behind the standard telephone handset used on those expensive over-bed TV/telephone systems.
    Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.
  • aliballi
    aliballi Posts: 91 Forumite
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    When my father was in hospital for over 3 months, I funded his phonecard as it was 10p a minute for him to phone out opposed to something like 38p a minute to phone him, if I needed to contact him I'd text him on his mobile & he could then phone back.
  • BexTech
    BexTech Posts: 4,772 Forumite
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    When I was in hospital for quite a while several years back, they just ignored us using mobiles, the doctors and nurses etc were using mobiles too.
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    (OK my English isn't great, the sciences, maths & IT are my strong points!)
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