NHS 111

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West Midlands CCGs axe 111 procurement

Sixteen clinical commissioning groups in the West Midlands have abandoned their procurement of an NHS 111 service after failing to
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NHS 111 here to stay – NHS England

NHS 111 will remain integral to NHS England’s plans to improve urgent and emergency care, despite criticism from GPs.
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NHS 111 goes online

NHS England is testing an online version of non-emergency phone service NHS 111 that uses a simplified version of the
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Ambulance trust quits NHS 111 contracts

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is pulling out of two NHS 111 contracts in the south west of
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NHS 111 should be scrapped – GPs

NHS 111 should be “scrapped” in its current form, GP leaders have said.
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NHS Choices aims to aggregate

NHS Choices plans to become an aggregator platform for a more integrated system of NHS services, its head of business
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Calling up a storm

Thomas Meek looks at the troubled history of NHS 111 in the first of a short series of features looking
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Put GPs on NHS 111 calls – Hakin

Providers of the NHS 111 telephone service should have GPs on hand to provide clinical advice at peak times, according
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NHS 24 IT system late and over-budget

The cost of NHS 24’s new computer system has risen dramatically, according to an Auditor General for Scotland report that
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NHS 111 to screen for Ebola

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced yesterday that NHS 111 call handlers will screen callers for Ebola as part of new
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