July 2009
Welcome to the July 2009 issue of News Direct
Welcome from Chief Executive
Words from Nick Chapman, our new Chief Executive
Prime Minister visits NHS Direct
Beckenham call centre receives a visit from Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 1 May 2009
NHS Diabetes conference
NHS Direct attends conference to share ideas on how we can best help patients with Diabetes
Team wins Innovation award
NHS Direct wins a Media Guardian Innovation Award for our work utilising social media to help prepare girls for the new cervical cancer vaccine
NHS Direct achieves Global Standard
NHS Direct has received an award from the professional body that promotes best practice among telephone based services
More online symptom checkers launched
NHS Direct to help users address their sensitive sexual health concerns with two new online assessment tools
Strategic Development Programme
How we are working hard to understand how we can provide an even better service to our patients and the wider NHS
