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 ...

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A new career opportunity has opened up for qualified dental nurses at NHS Direct as it expands its team to answer the growing number of dental enquiries the service receives. Dental nurse advisors now ...

The Health Secretary has been accused of a climbdown over plans to scrap NHS Direct. Andrew Lansley said he had "not announced plans to scrap NHS Direct", just to phase out its telephone number. This ...

The Deloitte report acknowleges that if there were to be changes to the organisation’s NHS 111 contracts in the North West and West Midlands – where many of the soft launches of the service were ...

The telephone helpline NHS Direct is largely used by white, middle class people, according to researchers. The study suggests it is rarely used by those who would arguably benefit most from advice ...

Brighton-based Communicopia is using its interactive TV expertise to help the Department of Health bring healthcare information to people's living rooms. The company, the fourth largest interactive TV ...