Tory ‘neglect’ blamed for 3.6m abandoned calls to NHS 111 in England
An analysis by the House of Commons Library, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, has found that patients contacting NHS 111 … Read more
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Senior nurse tells of acute pressure on NHS 111
A senior nurse describes to The Guardian how the NHS 111 telephone advice service is increasingly unable to help those … Read more
Covid bereaved condemn government refusal to publish NHS 111 training content
The government has been criticised by The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group and MPs for refusing to make public … Read more
Phone ahead for A&E to avoid disappointment
Another major round of efforts to divert patients away from A&E departments is under way as winter approaches. Walk-in patients … Read more
‘Inadequate’ private provider to hand back troubled contract early
A company operating one of the first integrated NHS 111 and GP out of hours services is to hand back … Read more
Out-of-hours provider forced to rely on one GP for 850,000 patients overnight
An out-of-hours provider in Norfolk has admitted GP shortages have forced it to run services with only one GP for … Read more
NHS 111 investigated over claims ‘teenagers answered urgent calls’ and ‘exhausted medics pictured asleep on job’
The NHS 111 service is being investigated in the South West following allegations that teenagers had been drafted in to … Read more
NHS out-of-hours GP service 12-hour wait ‘clinically unsafe’
Callers to out-of-hours GP services faced waits of more than 12 hours, posing a “significant risk to patient safety”, a … Read more
NHS misses key targets in run-up to busy winter period
The NHS in England missed several key targets for A&E admissions, cancer referrals, ambulance response times and NHS 111 calls in September … Read more
NHS 111 scandal: 25 deaths blamed on ambulance delays
The Telegraph published an exclusive report on an investigation of 25 patient deaths following a whistleblower’s revelation that a policy … Read more