NHS Direct launches text message service

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Anonymous Coward

Anyone know if... #

Posted Wednesday 13th February 2008 13:41 GMT

...massage parlours count as a "health service?"

Steve

useless #

Posted Wednesday 13th February 2008 14:11 GMT

It allows you to access services on the go, but only if you know the postcode... in which case you probably know the area and exactly where to go anyway.

Anonymous Coward

MY LFT RM IS TNGLNG #

Posted Wednesday 13th February 2008 14:14 GMT

LULZ U R SO PWNED

Anonymous John

"as a pilot through our Freeview digital TV service" #

Posted Wednesday 13th February 2008 16:12 GMT

Well that excludes 25% of the population then.

Geoff Mackenzie

It'll never catch on #

Posted Wednesday 13th February 2008 18:15 GMT

MRSA is too awkward to type on a traditional, non-predictive-text phone keypad...

Graham Marsden

Make sure you get the number right... #

Posted Wednesday 13th February 2008 18:15 GMT

... if your finger slips down one row on the last digit you might just send your details to BBC News 24 (61124!)

Anonymous Coward

Actually #

Posted Thursday 14th February 2008 08:48 GMT

MY LFT RM IS TNGLNG. Really!

Who do I see about it, my doctor was't much help?

Ascylto

I WNDR ... #

Posted Thursday 14th February 2008 11:53 GMT

... how many nurses could be paid for by this piece of NewLabour trickery.

MarmiteToast

Good idea #

Posted Thursday 14th February 2008 12:42 GMT

Like NHSDirect this is actually a fairly good idea.

Postcodes are on road signs (at least in London) so you can always know which area your in. Even when you've lived somewhere for a while you may not know where to go for a specific medical service.

An autoamted system should be cheap as chips (but I bet they got ripped off anyway, government IT procurement etc) and a manned system isn't particularly time consuming either.

John K