Goverment confirms scrapping NHS direct.

that's what the article is about basically NHS 111 will be replacing NHS DIRECT. i wish people would read things before complaining. these days as soon as anything happens its like ohhhhhhhhhhhhh lets bitch about conservatives even though they are fixing our country lol!
 
I have used the NHS direct alot! When I call my docs out of hours they tell you to ring NHS direct. Sometimes advice is all that's needed. My son had really bad nosebleeds before. If I believed everything I read on-line I would have been freaked out, Instead I phoned NHS direct and had a brilliant lady talk me through how to deal with it and calm him down etc. The service is vital imo
 
that's what the article is about basically NHS 111 will be replacing NHS DIRECT. i wish people would read things before complaining. these days as soon as anything happens its like ohhhhhhhhhhhhh lets bitch about conservatives even though they are fixing our country lol!

Ha! I didn't read the article, that'll teach me :haha:

Though I don't really care about who's in power, they're all as useless as each other :winkwink:
 
I dont know if my doctors would be that helpful. Its bad enough getting an appt for a pill check let alone an emergency x

See! this is the state of our GPs services over the last 10 years!!!! They have become greedy and have become a money making business! As I said before it never used to be like that! All you lot blaming it on the Tories makes me laff. It was under New Labour that these changes were implemented!
 
If NHS 111 is the same sort of service, How will it save money?

There will only be one service instead of two so half the man power.

Which sadly means people will lose jobs! Unless they can go elsewhere in the NHS of course...
 
More people losing their jobs and less services for us as a country. Bigger stress on GPs and hospitals. Yep, can't say i didn't expect it when Tories were elected. Roll on next election x
 
The 111 service will be like a call centre with signifigantly less trained medical professionals working their which is just great
 
sorry but its not the tories fault that people are complete idiots phoning up for ambulances for stupid little things is it!!!!!!!!

Well said, hence why they are making the new 111 system, not doing away with nhs direct, if people read the article properly it doesnt say they are getting rid of it completly just combining it.
 
yeh basically NHS nurses will be able to do their real jobs treating sick people, not sitting on phones all day whilst there are shortages of trained nurses actually in the wards lol
 
the torries are making cut backs in all the wrong areas i dont see them taking cut backs on how much they get paid or how many holiday homes yet they want to make everyone else suffer , they should get their finger out and sort out the people who claim benefits for being smack heads
 
can anyone explain specifically the differences between 'NHS DIRECT' AND 'NHS 111'

since every article i can find says most of the services will be the same, most of the staff will still be there however the number will be easier to remember.

obviously they are all lying since everyone is getting so upset............. so what will the differences be?

This is what iv been trying to say NHS 111 is a comberantion of nhs direct with police and fire thrown in, if people are concerned about an ear infection they can phone 111 instead of 999 but they can also phone it if (this happened to me and 111 would have been great) your driving round a round about and see a baby deer sitting in the middle, your concerned that if it runs out it will caurse an accident as the roundabout comes off the M25 but you dont think its appropriate to phone 999 for this.

it is basicly the same just with a different number and extra services put in with it, yes nurses are getting cut back but then maybe dr's should step up a bit and do somthing for the amazing amounts of money they get paid.
 
that's what the article is about basically NHS 111 will be replacing NHS DIRECT. i wish people would read things before complaining. these days as soon as anything happens its like ohhhhhhhhhhhhh lets bitch about conservatives even though they are fixing our country lol!

Thank you :)
 
More people losing their jobs and less services for us as a country. Bigger stress on GPs and hospitals. Yep, can't say i didn't expect it when Tories were elected. Roll on next election x

Actualy it will create a service as nothing existed like this for the police and fire before and now there will.
 
The 111 service will be like a call centre with signifigantly less trained medical professionals working their which is just great

It has the potential to work if they have the original person asking the questions to determin what action is needd and then the nurse phones you back, everything I have read on it leads me to believe this is how it will work and if so then it isnt much different to nhs direct yet with 2 added services of being able to phone the same number and deal with fire or police stuff as well as medical.
 

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