March 2009
East of England Strategic Health Authority
The responsibility for commissioning NHS Direct services is to transfer from the Department of Health to the East of England Strategic Health Authority (SHA) from 1 April 2009
Festive calls up 16%
NHS Direct was happy to be able to help over a quarter of a million people over the Christmas and New Year period
Latest awareness figures
Find out how public awareness of NHS Direct is growing
Latest promotional campaign
We're focusing our new promotional campaign on the 16-24 demographic and the over-65 age group
New Chief Executive
Nick Chapman has been appointed Chief Executive of NHS Direct, succeeding Matt Tee
New helpline to launch
How NHS Direct will be involved in a new project designed to help people who are experiencing distress, depression or anxiety in the recession
New online symptom checkers
How we will be helping patients via our new online health and symptom checker tools this winter
NHS Direct recruit pharmacists
NHS Direct to address the increasing demand for medicines advice by recruiting a team of pharmacists
West Yorkshire Urgent Care
NHS Direct to provide a new 24/7 service which will be the single point of access for urgent care services across the West Yorkshire region
Working to beat winter pressures
How we will be supporting primary care services and A&E departments over their busiest time of the year
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Local teams
To discuss how we can tailor make our services to your requirements, why not get in touch with our regional director in your area?
What we offer
Find out about NHS Direct's pioneering service innovations in a range of areas, including remote care and long term condition support...
