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. 2013 Nov 12;3(11):e003451. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003451

Table 2.

Total numbers of NHS 111 calls received, answered, triaged and transferred for nurse assessment in 1 year

Durham and Darlington Nottingham city Lincolnshire Luton All NHS 111 sites
Population covered 606 800 300 800 700 300 194 300 1 802 200
Total number of calls connected to 111 209 633 58 397 102 611 38 210 408 851
Direct dial 111 n (%) 106 961 (51) 18 354 (31.4) 102 611 (100) 23 264 (60.8) 251 190 (61.4)
Switched from other sources n (%) 102 672 (49) 40 043 (68.6) 0 14 946 (39.2) 157 661 (38.6)
Answerable calls n (%) 165 355 (78.9) 56 539 (96.8) 100 144 (97.6) 37 497 (98.1) 359 535 (87.9)
Answered calls n (% of answerable calls) 161 082 (97.4) 55 564 (98.2) 99 381 (99.2) 37 073 (98.8) 353 100 (98.2)
Triaged calls n (% of answered calls) 114 686 (71.2) 44 937 (80.9) 85 509 (86.0) 32 031 (86.4) 277 163 (78.5)
Transferred to nurse n (% of triaged calls) 24 488 (21.3) 13 261 (29.5) 28 871 (33.7) 10 779 (33.6) 77 399 (27.9)
Triaged calls per year per 1000 people 189 150 122 165 154

NHS, National Health Service.