Joanne Shaw has been appointed as chair of NHS Direct to lead the trust for the next four years. Joanne Shaw has been appointed as chair of NHS Direct to lead the trust for the next four years. Joanne ...

Urgent care line NHS 111 has been rocked by news that a key provider, NHS Direct, has decided to pull out of all of its remaining contracts* to provide the service. Urgent care line NHS 111 has been ...

NHS Direct, the UK helpline which provides expert health advice via the telephone and internet, has had its Twitter account taken over by spammers promoting an Acai Berry diet. At 10:40pm UK time on ...

As specialists in telephone and web-based health advice and information, NHS Direct has developed a new and expanded range of services for 2006/2007, to better support other NHS organisations in ...

Doctors in Sussex have revealed they feel NHS Direct refers too many patients to GPs and emergency services, putting a strain on the system. Urgent referrals are given to patients with only minor ...

NHS Direct is encouraging patients to use its suite of online health and symptom checkers to help them get prompt health advice over the coming bank holidays. Available at nhs.uk/nhsdirect, NHS Direct ...

HEALTH workers in East Lancashire could lose their jobs as a result of plans to scrap the medical helpline NHS Direct. NHS Direct confirmed that centres in Carlisle, Dudley, Exeter, Milton Keynes and ...

More than 1,400 NHS Direct staff have been warned they could be at risk of redundancy as the organisation shrinks by around a third, Nursing Times has learnt. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6 ...

Nurses working for NHS Direct have lodged a collective grievance after being told they will have to work more weekends in a bid to improve the organisation’s performance. About 80, mostly band 6, ...