NHS 111

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Greater role for enhanced NHS 111

NHS 111 will be enhanced to allow clinical staff to view patients' medical information under plans to overhaul urgent and
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NHS Direct to close next March

NHS Direct announced today that it will “cease operations” at the end of March 2014 and that its services will
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NHS Direct faces uncertain future

Ambulance trusts and GP out-of-hours providers will take over NHS 111 services from NHS Direct by the end of November.
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Dial 111 for an emergency

It’s been another bad week for NHS 111. Lis Evenstad reports on a service that is becoming a by-word for
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Inquiries needed into NHS 111 ‘disgrace’

The government should announce a parliamentary inquiry into the chaotic contracting and deployment of NHS 111, a BMA spokesperson says.
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NHS Direct withdraws from 111

NHS Direct is withdrawing from all of its NHS 111 contracts saying they are “financially unsustainable”.
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NHS Direct 0845 closure costs £70m

The decommissioning of NHS Direct’s 0845 telephone service in favour of NHS 111 has cost nearly £70m, says a National
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NHS Direct cancels 111 contracts

NHS Direct has cancelled contracts to provide NHS 111 in North Essex and Cornwall and revealed that all of its
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NHS Direct plunges into red

The on-going crisis in the roll-out of the NHS 111 service has pushed NHS Direct into deficit just one month
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CareConnect for real-time feedback

NHS England is running a real-time feedback service for patients starting in London and the North East of England.
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