By Tim Ferguson
Published: Wednesday 09 July 2008
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Name
Richard
Location
UK
Occupation
NHS Patient
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Photo2: Those trolley phones and the later cordless phones are sadly missed. Their purchase and rental were often funded by charities.
These days, patients - and their callers - have to pay very high charges to expensive private phone contractors.
That seems to be the main reason that mobile phones are banned from NHS hospitals - even from day-rooms & waiting rooms.
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