TPH Telephonetics

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  Telephonetics PLC
  21 October 2008
   

    Telephonetics Contact Centre improves departmental call handling at NHS Lothian

    21st October 2008, Hemel Hempstead - Telephonetics plc, the speech automation and voice recognition specialist, is pleased to announce a
new contract win for its Contact Centre solution with NHS Lothian. The solution will be used by multiple NHS Lothian departments, each with
very individual requirements for call handling, to improve the service provided to callers.  

    NHS Lothian has already successfully implemented the Telephonetics ContactPortal and Result solutions (for internal operator services
and automated medical results provision) and is now employing Telephonetics for help in improving the service offered to callers in Staff
Bank, eHealth (IT), Patient Appointment Booking Service, Poisons Information Service and the Estates Help Desk. The Telephonetics' Contact
Centre solution has been selected for its flexibility to address the telephone call handling challenges of, initially, these 5 quite
different NHS Lothian services. 

    These departments will all use the Contact Centre solution for their main business calls. Each department has problems with missed and
busy calls and the contact centre will be used to eradicate these issues. The flexible skill sets and call queuing technology offered by
Contact Centre are a welcome addition for staff, as is the ability to run reports to see where improvements need to be made. 

    The Contact Centre solution will be used to:

    *     Route calls to the most appropriate skilled agents regardless of location
    *     Manage call distribution evenly and spread work loads across multiple call handling locations ensuring all calls are answered
    *     Allow multi-location departments to issue a single phone number for callers
    *     Automate simple call requests without the need for human intervention (such as information pack requests and password resets)
    *     Provide detailed reporting information to aid rota / shift planning

    Alan Hush, Head of Voice Services, NHS Lothian said:

    "The Telephonetics' Contact Centre solution will greatly improve the NHS Lothian's call handling in several areas. Furthermore, we
already have ideas to expand on the initial service in the future by offering Contact Centre Services to our HR Department, our Patient
Liaison Officers, Midwifery Service and our Out-of-Hours Unscheduled Care Service in order to improve the varied call handling requirements
of these departments. The flexibility of Telephonetics' Contact Centre enables us to meet the very different needs of these individual
departments, thereby improving customer service." 

    Mark Holmes, Director of Sales, Telephonetics VIP commented:

    "The provision of our Contact Centre solution to NHS Lothian is an important contract win for Telephonetics, highlighting the
cross-selling opportunities available in the NHS, both in terms of the products we provide and the number of departments that benefit from
our solutions. Telephonetics looks forward to working even more closely with NHS Lothian to improve the service provided to all its
callers."

    ENDS

    For further information please contact: 

 Telephonetics     +44 (0)1442 242 242
 James Ormondroyd

 Maitland          +44 (0)20 7379 5151
 Neil Bennett


    About Telephonetics

    Telephonetics plc (TPH.L) is a UK-based leading provider of speech recognition and voice automation solutions. The Group was listed on
the London Stock Exchange's AIM market in July 2005

    Offering diverse automation solutions and deployed across tens of thousands of telephony channels, Telephonetics processes millions of
minutes of speech recognition per annum, via its carrier-class resilient platform in both hosted and customer premises solutions. Drawing on
over 15 years of understanding how people interact over the telephone, Telephonetics offers a range of customer-focused solutions, covering
even the most demanding environments, and delivering real business benefits to all its customers.

    With innovative solutions for speech self-service, mobility, outbound messaging, emergency notification and business continuity
Telephonetics has built a large customer base. This includes 80% of the major UK multiplex cinemas, over 50% of the NHS acute health trusts,
more than 50 local councils and emergency service operations, along with significant financial and legal company representation.


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