Number of Answered Calls

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
England
Publishing Organisation
National Health Service (NHS): 111 Minimum Data Set
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Wait and System Planning / Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

Of the number of calls received, how many were answered by each of the staff groups below. The total of 4-8 should equal the number of answered calls. A call should be counted against the staff group of the first person who answered the call. (Service advisor: A non-clinician that has the ability to triage a call via part of NHS Pathways and/or directs the call to the appropriate service/information or clinician; Health advisor: a non-clinician that has the ability to triage a call via full NHS Pathways; Clinical Advisor: a clinician that uses full NHS Pathways to triage the call; Clinician: any clinician not using full NHS Pathways to triage the call; Other: anyone not with the other four categories)

Numerator

Number of each staff group to answer a call.

Denominator

Total number of NHS 111 calls received

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

NHS 111 Minimum Data set reporting

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025