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111 is a free-to-call single non-emergency number medical helpline operating in England, Scotland and Wales. The 111 phone service has replaced the various non-geographic 0845 rate numbers and is part of each country's National Health Service: in England the service is known as NHS 111; [1] in Scotland, NHS 24; [2] and in Wales, NHS 111 Wales.
‘NHS 111 Online is available to signpost people to the best option for their care needs ahead of winter,’ the NHS national medical director said.
NHS Direct was the health advice and information service provided by the National Health Service (NHS), established in March 1998. The nurse-led telephone information service provided residents and visitors in England with healthcare advice 24 hours a day, every day of the year through telephone contact on the national non-geographic 0845 46 47 number. [1]
NHS 111 can assess and direct people to the most appropriate local service, including urgent treatment centres, GP practices, and consultations with a pharmacist. If needed it can arrange a call ...
NHS Direct Wales is a 24-hour telephone and internet health advice service provided by NHS Wales to enable people to obtain advice when use of the national emergency telephone number (999 or 112) does not seem to be appropriate but there is some degree of urgency; it also functions as a confidential advice service for some medical matters which a patient might be reluctant to discuss with ...
NHS 111 will now offer mental health support to people of all ages in crisis, including children. Health leaders welcomed the announcement, but said NHS trusts “remain deeply concerned” about ...
In Scotland, the NHS24 service moved from 0845 424 2424 to 111 on 29 April 2014. [25] [26] NHS 111 Wales (formally NHS Direct Wales) can now be accessed through the 111 number. [27] It previously used 0845 46 47 but the rollout of 111 was completed, [27] following trials starting in 2016 [28]
The NHS has also launched a COVID-19 helpline on 119 so that these calls do not go through the 111 call centre. Local electricity network operators can be reached on 105 to report power cuts. [55] Two telephone helplines within the regular code space have only eight digits: 0800 11 11 for ChildLine and 0845 4647 for NHS Direct in Wales.