DrNurses for Reform is delighted with the breaking news that the government has rightly decided to scrap the exorbitantly expensive, inefficient and frequently useless NHS Direct helpline.  NFR has long campaigned for the ruthless dismantleing of such pseudo-services instead preferring wholesale privatisation.

On the downside, NFR is hugely skeptical of the new 1-1-1 Helpline currently being piloted in the North-East of England.  Instead of such state funded monopolists NFR prefers a much more open and diverse approach to healthcare advice.