Nearly a quarter of NHS 24 calls abandoned

These include patients ending the call after hearing the automated options - such as accessing advice from the NHS Inform website or calling 999.

Paul O'Kane, the party's public health spokesman, said: "It is clear NHS 24 still cannot cope with the crisis engulfing our NHS. The figures revealed the rate of unanswered calls on a monthly basis reached more than a quarter in March and June . The non-emergency 111 phone number operates an out-of-hours service for non-emergency medical and dental concerns but was expanded to a 24/7 operation during the pandemic.The facility was expected to be at full capacity by the end of March with about 140 staff, including call handlers, nurses and mental health nurses.

Britain is not far from complete collapse and those responsible will never be held to account

Will be Westminsters fault

And how does this compare with the rest of the UK ?

Crimes against humanity. Just what they planned from the beginning.

🔍 Focus on Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are not emergency calls so isn't a big deal.

Bloody brexit / climate change / heatwave.

Don’t worry the Queen of Scotland Sturgeon has all the answer, basically it is all the English fault , I hope Scotland wake up to her and her nasty party before it is too late.

gj1023 And how does that compare to other countries? Better or worse? Did you just think, It's time for some SNPBad BBCBias

More are abandoning Can’t think why.

I'd like to point out that is for the 111 line for no emergency medical calls. The key word being no emergency. Are they going to do the same story for England and Wales too? Or does it not fit the narrative for the BBC anymore?

Has anybody blamed Borris or Tommy Robinson yet😮

Independence 😂😂

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