§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo 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 StuartNHS 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. source:
NHS Direct Stafford