Telephone services
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2.—(1) The contractor must not be a party to any contract or other arrangement under which the number for telephone services to be used—
(a)by patients to contact the practice for any purpose related to the contract; or
(b)by any other person to contact the practice in relation to services provided as part of the health service,
starts with the digits 087, or 09 or consists of a personal number, unless the service is provided free to the caller.
(2) In this paragraph, “personal number” means a telephone number which starts with the number 070 followed by a further 8 digits.