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NHS Direct service 'closed' five days early

A message on the NHS Direct website suggested it had closed five days early. Credit: nhsdirect.nhs.uk

NHS Direct has now closed, according to nhsdirect.nhs.uk, despite the help service being scheduled to cease operation on March 31st.

A message on the NHS Direct website said users could still check symptoms on the NHS choices page.

The closure of the telephone and online health advice provider follows the NHS trust’s announcement it was pulling out of all 11 of its NHS 111 contracts because they were "financially unsustainable."