Rise in health calls made to 111

THE number of people in North Lincolnshire using an out-of-hours medical care phone line plagued with problems elsewhere in the country is increasing.The NHS 111 service has been running here since April. Two services have already been withdrawn in Cornwall and North Essex over problems, while there have been concerns that doubts over the system were partly behind the increase in A&E admissions.There have also been reports nationally of callers not being able to get through and...