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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 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 Direct Wales / 111 Wales - 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.
NHS England’s national medical director said the service was facing a ‘winter like no other’ because of the dual threat of Covid-19 and seasonal flu. NHS chief Stephen Powis: Use 111 service ...
In Scotland, the NHS24 service moved from 0845 424 2424 to 111 on 29 April 2014. [26] [27] NHS 111 Wales (formally NHS Direct Wales) can now be accessed through the 111 number. [28] It previously used 0845 46 47 but the rollout of 111 was completed, [28] following trials starting in 2016 [29]
Life expectancy development in UK by gender Comparison of life expectancy at birth in England and Wales. Healthcare in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter, with England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each having their own systems of publicly funded healthcare, funded by and accountable to separate governments and parliaments, together with smaller private sector and voluntary provision.
NHS Wales provides public health care in Wales and directly employs 94,325 staff, making it Wales's biggest employer. [17] In April 2018 there were 1,926 general practitioners working in Wales, 83 fewer than in 2017.
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