Acceptability of NHS 111 the telephone service for urgent health care: cross sectional postal survey of users' views.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:In 2010, a new telephone service, NHS 111, was piloted to improve access to urgent care in England. A unique feature is the use of non-clinical call takers who triage calls with computerized decision support and have access to clinical advisors when necessary. Aim. To explore users' acceptability of NHS 111. DESIGN:Cross-sectional postal survey. SETTING:Four pilot sites in England. METHOD:A postal survey of recent users of NHS 111. RESULTS:The response rate was 41% (1769/4265), with 49% offering written comments (872/1769). Sixty-five percent indicated the advice given had been very helpful and 28% quite helpful. The majority of respondents (86%) indicated that they fully complied with advice. Seventy-three percent was very satisfied and 19% quite satisfied with the service overall. Users were less satisfied with the relevance of questions asked, and the accuracy and appropriateness of advice given, than with other aspects of the service. Users who were autorouted to NHS 111 from services such as GP out-of-hours services were less satisfied than direct callers. CONCLUSION:In pilot services in the first year of operation, NHS 111 appeared to be acceptable to the majority of users. Acceptability could be improved by reassessing the necessity of triage questions used and auditing the accuracy and appropriateness of advice given. User acceptability should be viewed in the context of findings from the wider evaluation, which identified that the NHS 111 pilot services did not improve access to urgent care and indeed increased the use of emergency ambulance services.

journal_name

Fam Pract

journal_title

Family practice

authors

O'Cathain A,Knowles E,Turner J,Nicholl J

doi

10.1093/fampra/cmt078

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-04-01 00:00:00

pages

193-200

issue

2

eissn

0263-2136

issn

1460-2229

pii

cmt078

journal_volume

31

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