to ask "how many others know the new "Emergency" ; number?? i didn't!!!

bikergran The number for emergencies is still 999, whether fire, police or ambulance. The 111 number is instead of the old NHS Direct for medical concerns that don't constitute an emergency.

As I understand it the new 111 number is a non-emergency number that is being trialled in the north east. It does not replace 999 which is for emergencies. It may at some point in the future replace NHS direct but that hasn't been decided. I haven't seen it on T.V but there are a couple of articles about it on the web.

I thought it was 112 ! For anywhere in the EU, even if there is no mobile signal.
I do know that the non-emergency number is 101.

Now I'm confused!

101 for police that is !

It's being piloted in a few areas, not nationwide yet - you can bet your life they'll be advertising extensively when it is.

oh heck!!! seems DH has got it wrong way round!!! tut! so to make it clear if it is an [emergency] it is still 999 ....! wonder why on earth he thought it wasn't!
ok so....999 still ...got it..I will tell him now. I thought it seemed strange I wasn't with it!!!

thanks [absentgrana]

999 and 112 wil both get you through to the emergency services.
101 is to report non emergency ccrimes to the police.
111 is for non emergency medical help in certain areas.

just try remembering that lot when you need help!

areas of the country that is not the body

Never use Nhs direct

Why jeni ?

Did you read about the chap who rang the emergency service because he had mislaid the remote control? And another rang to say that his mother-in-law had decided to stay an extra couple of days!

Because the nhs these days is rubbish! Now in my day etcetcetc........?.

Super
If it had been my mother in law I'd be ringing the mental hospital to get myself admitted!

jeni

jeni and me!

and me! we used to have Calderstones hospital near us..!! luckily they didn't know where I lived but we still have Brockall !!!!

DS's girlfriend is a medical student and one of her recent placements involved shadowing a crew of paramedics. 999 call came in about 1 year-old baby. Sirens blazing and lights flashing they charge out (with excited medical student on board). Arrive to find a young mum who tells them that things were ok now! She explained that she'd called 999 because her baby had been crying for an hour and wouldn't stop - but miraculously had settled as soon as she dialled 999. Didn't want baby examined as that would wake her up again and decided she'd take her to GP in the morning if she cried again!
Jeni you must have had heaps of experiences where you could have screamed but kept your cool!

Screamed, yes kept my cool? Not always. Not as bad as my father though. He got so cross with one gent, that he glared at him and clenched his teeth. The force cracked the lens of his glasses.!