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As of early 2020, the NHS 111 service is available in Northern Ireland for advice relating to the COVID-19 outbreak. [ 9 ] NHS 111 online is a triage system also available for members of the public aged 5 or over in England, owned by the Department for Health and Social Care, commissioned by NHSX and developed and delivered by NHS Digital.
The Health and Social Care service was created by the Parliament of Northern Ireland in 1948 after the Beveridge Report.From 1948 to 1974, hospitals in the region were managed by the Northern Ireland Hospitals Authority and hospital management committees, and then transferred to four health and social services boards, along with responsibility for social care.
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.
People who need help in another language can call 111 and ask for an interpreter, British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact 111 using the NHS 111 BSL interpreter service by visiting 111.nhs.uk ...
The incident is affecting services in all four nations of the UK.
‘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.
A study by the National Audit Office in July 2014 of people in England found that the urgent care system is complex and many people do not know how to contact out-of-hours GP services or even that such services exist; [10] that 26% had not heard of out-of-hours GP services, and 19% had not heard of NHS 111.
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, comprising the NHS in England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales. Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland was created separately and is often locally referred to as "the NHS". [ 2 ]