NHS 111

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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 ÂŁ70m

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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20 June 2013

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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11 June 2013

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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25 April 2013

NHS 111 service OrQestrates PDS

The North East Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust has bought Quicksilva’s orQestra to give staff working on its 111 service real-time
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16 April 2013

Further call for halt on NHS 111

NHS Clinical Commissioners has called for a halt to the NHS 111 roll-out, as NHS England admits there are lessons
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28 March 2013

BMA calls to halt NHS 111

GP leaders have called on the government to delay the launch of NHS 111, claiming patient safety is being sacrificed
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22 March 2013

NHS 111 in ‘total meltdown’

The Manchester NHS 111 service went into “total meltdown” on its first night and the BMA’s General Practitioners’ Committee has
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4 March 2013

Slippage in 111 go-live covered

Contingency plans are in place to continue to provide the 0845 health advice line for up to half of England
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