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Description: Telephone-based or web-based access to medical help

Newest Review: ... so you still need a little of your own feelinsg before seeking advice from NHS Direct, the way I feel is that if you believe its serious go right to A&E or call your doctor and state your reasons for doing so, I would never relie on NHS Direct to be 100% correct as I have learned, some of there information can be mis leding and you can think its something minor when in fact its not and ... more

 ... the other way round too. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The call to them is charged at local call rate from a BT line and I have found that from a mobile its charged at under 6p aminute from my provider. Sometimes you may have to wait a wh...more

DogWorld
Premium Review NHS Direct - Telephone and internet help on all health probl ... (605 words)
by DogWorld - written on 30.06.08 (Very useful, 29 readings)
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NHS Direct has been a real life saver to me and my family. Thanks to NHS Direct we were able to spot the early signs of a life threating condition that can kill in days if left untreated - double lung infection. I tend to use it when myself or someone in the family gets ill or isnt feeling right, all I have to do is go to there website and look up any systoms they may have and it leads you fast to the correct information that can be very useful and help get the help you need fast. I have used the web iste loads in the recent years, even when I got the flu as my systoms were severe and I wanted to makesure nothing else had set it to just be on the ...

Fishbulb
Crowned Review NHS, Direct into your ears! (1137 words)
by Fishbulb - written on 20.08.02 (Very useful, 390 readings)
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It’s becoming nearly impossible to obtain an appointment with my doctor, he works between 3 and 4 days per week and when he’s not in, the other doctor in the surgery will not even entertain the idea of seeing me, as I’m not one of his registered patients. I can appreciate that doctors are getting busier and busier, but with over half of the day’s appointments being taken up for emergency appointments in our local surgery, how on earth is a normal person supposed to get themselves checked by a GP? This results in my not bothering at all generally to visit them, but of course, I still get ill like the rest of you – so what can I do? ...

NHS Direct: A sorry excuse for good old-fashioned healthcare (863 words)
by - written on 22.05.02
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NHS Direct sounds like one of those spiv law firms which advertise on daytime television. The principle is pretty much the same. But instead of compensation, NHS Direct offers medical diagnosis and treatment over the phone. It was set up to take pressure off GPs and prevent the genuinely ill cluttering up casualty departments, which are so desperately needed for drunks and crack addicts. NHS Direct is a typical New Labour gimmick and has been plagued with problems since it was launched four years ago. I have just been reading on the news that an inquest blamed NHS Direct for killing a baby girl. The parents of ...

 
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