It looks like 111 is a new (7-8 years or so) non-emergency number for the UK NHS. I don't know if it works like in the US when we call our doc at night we reach a service that notifies the on-call doc (who then calls us back) or if it just transfers the caller to the nearest nurse line in their region, but it is legit. Looks like you can even use your PC instead of your phone.
I lived there for 2 years a long time ago and they only had 999 then.
111 is (or used to be called) NHS Direct. It's for people who have medical problems but aren't severe enough to call 999. It was set up to take some load off the emergency 999 service that was being used for non-emergency things because the GP service in the UK is often so abysmally poor. Usually you get to go through a few automated menus before speaking to a paramedic, who will ask about symptoms and advise whether you need an ambulance, out of hours doctor, normal GP or nothing. They have the ability to dispatch an ambulance if they determine that one is needed.
Unless it's changed since I've used it, the online version is just some useless questionnaire that ends up advising you to call 111.
It looks like 111 is a new (7-8 years or so) non-emergency number for the UK NHS. I don't know if it works like in the US when we call our doc at night we reach a service that notifies the on-call doc (who then calls us back) or if it just transfers the caller to the nearest nurse line in their region, but it is legit. Looks like you can even use your PC instead of your phone.
I lived there for 2 years a long time ago and they only had 999 then.
111 is (or used to be called) NHS Direct. It's for people who have medical problems but aren't severe enough to call 999. It was set up to take some load off the emergency 999 service that was being used for non-emergency things because the GP service in the UK is often so abysmally poor. Usually you get to go through a few automated menus before speaking to a paramedic, who will ask about symptoms and advise whether you need an ambulance, out of hours doctor, normal GP or nothing. They have the ability to dispatch an ambulance if they determine that one is needed.
Unless it's changed since I've used it, the online version is just some useless questionnaire that ends up advising you to call 111.