NHS 111

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28 November 2013

Commissioners to see pathways

A new tool for analysing NHS Pathways data will be available to commissioners next February.
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14 November 2013

NHS 111 increased ambulance call-outs

NHS 111 increased the use of ambulances in England during its first year of operation, a new study shows.
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13 November 2013

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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24 October 2013

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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3 October 2013

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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1 August 2013

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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30 July 2013

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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29 July 2013

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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18 July 2013

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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28 June 2013

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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