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The personal and political musings of Martin Curtis, Conservative Candidate for Nottingham North The views expressed here do not represent the opinion of any other individual or any group to which I belong.
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Never really had any involvement with Patientline, but watching the news about it this morning I was absolutely astonished. This is another stealth tax and nothing short of an absolute scandal.
Patientline's excuse for this is that they haven't made any profit from their massive investment so far. That is no justification, they should have got their business case right; it is wrong for them to use their monopoly status to rip-off vulnerable people because their accountants can't add up.
What Patientline run is a series of simple Wide-Area Networks with Voice Over IP. It's nothing too complicated. They should be revisiting their business, slashing overheads and cutting out waste, not ripping off vulnerable people.
I hope the Conservatives pledge to sort this out, because this is a disgrace.
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