Re: Dialing 111 from abroad

From	Graham J <graham@invalid.com>
Newsgroups	uk.telecom.mobile, uk.telecom
Subject	Re: Dialing 111 from abroad
Date	2017-01-09 08:50 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<o4vipc$jsj$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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Scott wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Jan 2017 19:39:59 +0000, Mark Carver
> <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 08/01/2017 19:38, Scott wrote:
>>> On Sun, 8 Jan 2017 19:22:33 +0000, Mark Carver
>>> <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 08/01/2017 18:39, Woody wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Does 0845 46 47 still work? You should be able to dial that from
>>>>> outside the UK.
>>>>
>>>> Just tried it, it asks whether I live in Wales or England, I selected
>>>> England and it said redial 111   :-(
>>>
>>> I wonder if you would get a different message if the call originated
>>> abroad.  I expect not.
>>
>> I'm off to Paris next week on a business trip, I'll try it
>
> Another thought: is there still an operator?  Could he or she place
> the call in the old-fashioned way?
>

I'm interested to know why you might need this facility.

I can understand that when in the UK it is appropriate for your call to 
be routed to a service centre near you; so that you can if necessary be 
helped by people who are physically near you.

While abroad, I would have thought that the place to call is the local 
non-emergency health support line - if such a thing exists in the 
country you are visiting.  There may then be a language difficulty - and 
I would expect you to resolve that by calling instead the people who 
provide your travel health insurance.

Alternatively, it might be better to call the number for the GP that you 
are registered with - for example if you need specific information about 
whatever prescription drugs you use, or about an existing medical 
condition that the GP knows of.  Perhaps this will normally only work 
during office hours.  It may also be a non-geographic number, in which 
case a personal visit to the surgery before you tavel might be in order, 
to obtain a suitable number to call.

-- 
Graham J

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Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> - 2017-01-08 10:52 +0000
  Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2017-01-08 12:37 +0000
    Re: Dialing 111 from abroad andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) - 2017-01-08 13:56 +0000
      Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> - 2017-01-08 15:32 +0000
        Re: Dialing 111 from abroad "Woody" <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2017-01-08 18:39 +0000
          Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> - 2017-01-08 19:22 +0000
            Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2017-01-08 19:38 +0000
              Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> - 2017-01-08 19:39 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2017-01-08 20:17 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Graham J <graham@invalid.com> - 2017-01-09 08:50 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <invalid.invalid@gmx.net> - 2017-01-09 09:41 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Graham J <graham@invalid.com> - 2017-01-09 13:03 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <invalid.invalid@gmx.net> - 2017-01-10 07:36 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad David Woolley <david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid> - 2017-01-10 07:52 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2017-01-15 21:23 +0000
            Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> - 2017-01-12 09:15 +0000
              Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <invalid.invalid@gmx.net> - 2017-01-12 09:32 +0000
              Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Flop <Flop@flop.knot.me.uk> - 2017-01-12 10:08 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad "Woody" <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2017-01-12 11:57 +0000
      Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Graham. <graham-usenet@mail.com> - 2017-01-08 19:14 +0000
  Re: Dialing 111 from abroad David Wade <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2017-01-09 17:06 +0000
    Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <invalid.invalid@gmx.net> - 2017-01-10 07:27 +0000
      Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Flop <Flop@flop.knot.me.uk> - 2017-01-10 09:50 +0000
      Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Graham. <graham-usenet@mail.com> - 2017-01-10 19:58 +0000
        Re: Dialing 111 from abroad David Wade <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 21:20 +0000
          Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Graham. <graham-usenet@mail.com> - 2017-01-10 22:42 +0000
            Re: Dialing 111 from abroad David Wade <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2017-01-12 19:31 +0000
              Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Graham. <graham-usenet@mail.com> - 2017-01-13 01:41 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad David Wade <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2017-01-13 07:28 +0000
          Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <invalid.invalid@gmx.net> - 2017-01-11 09:37 +0000
            Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Tweed <guesswho@who.com> - 2017-01-11 11:01 +0000
              Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Graham J <graham@invalid.com> - 2017-01-11 15:47 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad "Woody" <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2017-01-11 17:10 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Graham J <graham@invalid.com> - 2017-01-11 18:35 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2017-01-11 19:23 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2017-01-11 18:14 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <invalid.invalid@gmx.net> - 2017-01-12 09:42 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> - 2017-01-12 10:05 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <invalid.invalid@gmx.net> - 2017-01-12 10:24 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad "Woody" <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2017-01-12 12:01 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <invalid.invalid@gmx.net> - 2017-01-12 13:40 +0000
              Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <invalid.invalid@gmx.net> - 2017-01-12 09:38 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Tweed <guesswho@who.com> - 2017-01-12 19:52 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2017-01-13 10:18 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad MissRiaElaine <MissRiaElaine@thisaddress.invalid> - 2017-01-13 15:52 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Graham. <graham-usenet@mail.com> - 2017-01-14 16:03 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad MissRiaElaine <MissRiaElaine@thisaddress.invalid> - 2017-01-16 15:24 +0000
                Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Graham. <graham-usenet@mail.com> - 2017-01-16 18:21 +0000
        Re: Dialing 111 from abroad Mark Carver <invalid.invalid@gmx.net> - 2017-01-12 14:18 +0000

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