NHS Direct is in its seventh year of national operation as a world leader in the delivery of telephone and web-based healthcare. NHS Direct run 37 centres across England handling over 28 million contacts a year, 8 million through our telephone helplines and 21 million through our website.

NHS Direct believe the time is right to become an NHS Foundation Trust. It will help us to work more closely with our users and our partners in health and social care and better understand their needs, as well as involve staff in everything they do.

Please click on the link below to download the NHS Direct document "Public consultation on NHS Direct application to become an NHS Foundation Trust" and fill in the form.

Public consultation on NHS Direct application to become an NHS Foundation Trust