Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of the NHS 111 First service.
The NHS 111 First programme is successfully directing people to the most clinically appropriate service to meet their needs. This could include a pre-booked appointment at accident or emergency or another service. NHS England and NHS Improvement are aiming to complete a full evaluation of the services impact later this year.