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Number of handled queries, including telephone and online contacts for January to March 2020.

Main points

  • 56,845 calls were made to the main 0845 number, of which 26,492 were answered.
  • Over 2.5 million visits were made to the NHS Direct Wales website.
  • Just over 522,000 visits were made to the online symptom checker, and nearly three quarters of these (384,000) were for coronavirus symptoms.
  • 991 online enquiries were made to the web-based enquiry service.
  • 47% of calls where a final outcome was recorded were directed towards primary care, 16% to A&E, and an ambulance was called in 8% of calls. The remaining 29% were provided with information or self care advice.

Discontinuation notice

The operation of 111 Wales now covers more than 52% of the population; this affects the number of calls to NHS Direct Wales. As a result, this will be the last release in the NHS Direct Wales series.

Reports

NHS Direct update, January to March 2020 , file type: PDF, file size: 764 KB

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Craig Thomas

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