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NHS Direct

Type: Organization

Name: NHS Direct

Nationality: United Kingdom

Web Address: http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 mins ago - 1 reports

NHS

Primary care "dependency culture costs £2bn a year"

Primary care can be improved and made more cost-effective by changing the "culture of dependency" to one of personal responsibility in which patients are encouraged to be more self-reliant in dealing with minor ill health.This was the message at a reception ... [Published Management in Practice - 8 hours ago]

Entities: NHS, Patient, Mike O'Brien

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

NHS Direct to review effectiveness of its services

Over the next 12 weeks, NHS Direct is to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of its referrals and self-care advice provided to patients to ensure that it is "fit for purpose" in comparison with other care provider patient pathways and that it is evidence-based, ... [Published Management in Practice - 5 hours ago]

Entities: NHS Direct, Helen Young, Out-of-Hours, case studies

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Schoolgirl sparks swine-flu chaos and walk-in panic

Chaos at a London NHS clinic after staff were "panicked" by a schoolgirl with suspected swine flu has been detailed by her mother in The Lancet medical journal.Central to the saga was whether patients suspected of having the virus should pick up drugs ... [Published Management in Practice - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Swine Flu, Chaos, Influenza, Patient

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Hinchingbrooke: Hospital Phones Down

An IT fault means Hinchingbrooke Hospital cannot accept incoming phone calls.The hospital says the IT system failure happened this afternoon (Tuesday).The hospital's IT experts are now said to be working on fixing the problem.Advice from hospital:"Our ... [Published Heart Radio - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Patient, NHS Direct, Relativity, emergency

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Royal College of Nursing

NHS 111 costs not known by government

By Matthew D'ArcyMinisters have admitted they do not know how much the heavily criticised NHS 111 service will cost the taxpayer.NHS 111 went live in April to replace NHS Direct as England's non-emergency health hotline.But the new service came under ... [Published Public Service - 11 hours ago]

Entities: NHS, Anna Soubry, Janet Davies, NHS Direct, Royal College of Nursing

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 2 reports

NHS Direct

Kidderminster fire - live blog

Blaze at Lawrence Recycling, in Stourport Road, broke out yesterday at about 5.30pm.Fire fighters working through the night say they have brought the fire "under control".Residents being urged to keep windows and doors shut.Roads re-opened but commuters ... [Published Dudley News - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Recycling, NHS Direct, Twitter

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 2 reports

Update On Blaze At Kidderminster Recycling Plant

The incident team dealing with the fire at Lawrence Recycling and Waste Management in Kidderminster has not received any reports of any people experiencing significant health effects from this incident.The Fire and Rescue Service is on-site dealing with ... [Published West Mercia Police - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Public Health, NHS Direct, Sputum, Phlegm

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Nuisance 999 caller in court)

Updated: 17/06 16:13 A SOUTHCREST man who was banned from dialling 999 after repeated nuisance calls has appeared in court for a string of similar offences.Guy Francis Turner, of Greenfields, pleaded guilty to three separate offences from March 14 to ... [Published Redditch Standard - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Francis Turner, emergency, NHS Direct, Daredevil

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

New NHS non-emergency helpline service proves to be a winner with...

MORE than eight out of 10 patients who used the county's non-emergency NHS number were pleased with the help they received.The NHS 111 system is a free, 24-hour number for people with health problems which are not serious enough to warrant calling 99 ... [Published Derby Telegraph - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: NHS, Call Center, NHS Direct, Out-of-Hours, Patient

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Chemists Monday June 17

THE following are open tonight from 5.30pm to 6pm unless stated:Clydach: *Lloyds, Heol y Nant and High Street. Crynant: S R Bailey, The Pharmacy. Cymmer: S R Bailey, Station Road. Cwmllynfell: Nat Co-op, Gwillym Road, 5.30-6pm. Morriston: Lloyds Pharmacy, ... [Published This Is South Wales - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Instore, NHS Direct, Out-of-Hours

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

NHS Direct sees record figures over Christmas period

More than 850,000 people used NHS Direct's telephone and online services over the Christmas and New Year period.The majority of callers received advice on how they could treat their own symptoms, with 66% able to treat themselves at home.Meanwhile some ... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: NHS Direct, NHS, Patient

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

NHS Direct "acceptable and cost effective"

NHS Direct is a cost effective way of managing the increasing demand on emergency services, research shows.The Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, a section of the National Institute for Health Research, published the study following research ... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: NHS Direct, Mike Sadler, emergency, University of Sheffield

Quotes

"Yes, WE are clear – shame the PCT/OOH/NHS Direct and media are not clear about what to do. I am fed up getting the backlash at the surgery for patients being sent round the houses and being given conflicting advice – it's then dumped back with us to sort. Give us local funding to see/treat/sort our own patients pleaseeeeeee" – Name and address withheld

Schoolgirl sparks swine-flu chaos and walk-in panic [Published Management in Practice - 5 hours ago]

Helen Young, NHS Direct Clinical Director, said: "This study will help us to ensure that the Department of Health targets for 2008/09 – of more than 60% of calls completed within NHS Direct and fewer than 20% referred to an urgent pathway – are clinically safe and appropriate for the patient."

NHS Direct to review effectiveness of its services [Published Management in Practice - 5 hours ago]

"Yes we should, but the government shouldn't have encouraged people the other way and established centres where patients are just given what they want" – Mike, Barnsley

Primary care "dependency culture costs £2bn a year" [Published Management in Practice - 8 hours ago]

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Schoolgirl sparks swine-flu chaos and walk-in p... [Published Management in Practice - 5 hours ago]
NHS Direct to review effectiveness of its services [Published Management in Practice - 5 hours ago]
Primary care "dependency culture costs £2bn a y... [Published Management in Practice - 8 hours ago]
Hinchingbrooke: Hospital Phones Down [Published Heart Radio - 8 hours ago]
NHS 111 costs not known by government [Published Public Service - 11 hours ago]
NHS Alliance welcomes cross-party support for p... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 17 2013]
Update On Blaze At Kidderminster Recycling Plant [Published West Mercia Police - Jun 17 2013]
Nuisance 999 caller in court) [Published Redditch Standard - Jun 17 2013]
ABPI appoints new director of comms [Published PMLive - Jun 17 2013]
New NHS non-emergency helpline service proves t... [Published Derby Telegraph - Jun 17 2013]
Kidderminster fire - live blog [Published Dudley News - Jun 17 2013]
Synergy Surgery Sparks Health Solutions [Published One & Other - Jun 17 2013]
LIVE: Kidderminster recycling plant fire [Published Dudley News - Jun 17 2013]
We Fix Now Comments on Importance of Gas Safety... [Published PRWeb UK - Jun 17 2013]
Fire Under Control At Recycling Plant in Kidder... [Published West Mercia Police - Jun 17 2013]
Chemists Monday June 17 [Published This Is South Wales - Jun 17 2013]
Out-of-hours changes "may mean children's illne... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 17 2013]
NHS Direct sees record figures over Christmas p... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 16 2013]
Doctors hit out at polyclinic plans and NHS waste [Published Management in Practice - Jun 16 2013]
Cameron pledges to give patients choice over GPs [Published Management in Practice - Jun 16 2013]
New triple-digit non-emergency health number tr... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 16 2013]
Spain \| Rabid dog with potential for multiple h... [Published Big Medicine - Jun 15 2013]
NHS Direct "acceptable and cost effective" [Published Management in Practice - Jun 15 2013]
Sheffield patients urged to have their say on G... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 15 2013]
2 NHS 111 ânot until autumnâ [Published Dartmouth Today - Jun 14 2013]
New NHS Hotline Put On Hold [Published Pirate FM - Jun 14 2013]
News story: Rabies in Spain: update 14 June 2013 [Published Cabinet Office - Jun 14 2013]
People will be able to try out a new mole sympt... [Published This Is South Wales - Jun 14 2013]
NHS Direct and NHS Choices join forces to creat... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 13 2013]
'Never full' practices key to A&E crisis, says ... [Published GP Online - Jun 13 2013]

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UK: HPA weekly update on seasonal infections: 3... [Published H5N1 - Jan 31 2013] Via HPA: Weekly update on seasonal infections: 31 January 2013. Excerpt:Latest figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) up to 31 January 2013 show that flu activity remains at a similar level compared to the previous week based on a number of indicators, ...
New accreditations from NICE [Published NICE \| National Institute for Health and Clinic ... - Jan 28 2013] The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has today (28 January 2013) accredited Healthcare Improvement Scotland, NHS Direct and Plain Healthcare Limited for the quality of the processes used to produce their guidance products. ...
HPA: Flu activity update for January 17 [Published H5N1 - Jan 17 2013] Via HPA: Flu activity update: 17 January 2013. Excerpt:Latest figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) up to 13 January 2013 show that flu activity has decreased compared to the previous week based on a number of indicators, including GP consultation ...
UK: HPA update on seasonal norovirus activity [Published H5N1 - Jan 15 2013] Via HPA: HPA update on seasonal norovirus activity: 15 January 2013. Excerpt:Latest figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) show there have been 4,407 laboratory confirmed cases of norovirus this season (from week 27 to week 01 2013). The latest ...
UK: Flu activity update for January 10 [Published H5N1 - Jan 10 2013] Via HPA: Flu activity update: 10 January 2013. Excerpt:Latest figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) up to 6 January 2013 show that flu activity remain at similar levels to those reported in the previous week based on a number of indicators, ...