The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 267 No 7170 p537-541
20 October 2001

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NHS24 to launch in north of Scotland

NHS24, the Scottish equivalent of NHS Direct, is to be launched in three phases, starting with the north of Scotland and the Western Isles in the spring of next year.

The service will be provided from a call centre at Aberdeen and will initially cover patients in the Grampian Health Board area. Coverage will then be extended to Tayside, Highlands, Orkney and Shetland, and the Western Isles. Coverage is to start in the north of Scotland because it is believed that patients in isolated rural communities will have the most to gain from a 24-hour telephone service.

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