HC Deb 08 May 2001 vol 368 c153W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health for each month for which data is available how many telephone calls were received by NHS Direct from people living in Shrewsbury and Atcham; and if he will make a statement. [160368]

Ms Stuart

NHS Direct Stafford, which covers the Shrewsbury and Atcham area in Shropshire, became live on 31 October 2000. Information is not collected on a constituency basis, but the number of telephone calls received from people with a Shropshire postcode is shown in the table.

Month Number
October 20001 20
November 2000 437
December 2000 740
January 2001 1,018
February 2001 1,062
March 20012 1,691
1 Covers one day (31 October 2000)
2 Increase in numbers coincides with television advertisement campaign in the Central TV region.

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NHS Direct Stafford