Review will study whether failings by the telephone service and poor advice to stay at home cost lives

The NHS patient safety watchdog has launched an investigation into failings by the NHS 111 telephone advice service which may have cost the lives of people with Covid-19.

The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has begun looking into what advice the service gave to several callers who rang during the pandemic seeking its help because they were unwell.

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