SUMMARY Advances in technology have led to the increased availability of mobile telephones, but their use in an NHS hospital has not previously been reported. Junior doctors require easy access to a telephone, but ward telephones are frequently busy and not readily accessible when urgently needed. A one‐year retrospective study was carried out on the use of mobile telephones in a small district general hospital.
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