Why not ban hospital visiting?
I mean - all those strangers might upset other patients with their loud voices...

I did ring the person's mobile when I couldn't get through on the 070 number from my mobile but they didn't want to use it much as they'd left the charger at home! I think it may have run down as the next time I tried with my mobile I got it as unavailable (i.e. switched off).

Mobile phones are therapeutic as they encourage exercise. How many times have you seen someone take a mobile call and immediately start to walk around as they speak.

Hi,

Numbers starting with 070811 and  070818 are in Personal Numbering Service - j, 070819 are a Personal Numbering Service - f, while are other numbers starting with 07081 are in Personal Numbering Service - pn2.

Thanks, Dave, looks like I'll need to take out a mortgage for the calls I've made!

Well I've never really looked into 070 numbers, but knew they were personal ones.
In true Ofcom fashion, they have [Censored] things up with the number prefixes.

How is someone supposed to (easily) understand how much they'll cost?

If you have a loved one in hospital I guess the last thing you think about is the cost of calling them - intil the bill comes in   The first time you know the cost is when you dial the number and a recorded message gives you the tariffs.

I suppose its one of the downsides of being retired - you can no longer make such calls from work...

where I worked any such calls were blocked anyway, as were calls that were essential to my job, I could not get the Met Office for a weather forecast when they went to a national number.

Although we were able to redirect calls to our mobile phones, Handy when in Italy and SWMBO just called my desk as a local call and got me In the Cafe out there, likewise calling back in from the mobile in UK, just a short No 7788+internal extension

That was in the Early 90's and the internal system - about 8000+ lines were on a Siemens System