New Police contact number 101 is here!

The 101 non-emergency number will provide you with a single, easy to remember number for you to call to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency police response.

You will be able to call 101 to report a crime that has already happened and any other incidents or concerns that do not require an emergency response. You can also call it to speak to your local Safer Community Team, to make a general enquiry or make the service aware of any policing issues in your local area.

The 101 is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and will be adopted by every police force in England by early 2012.

New NHS 111 contact number coming soon

Oxfordshire residents will be among the first in the south of England to be able to phone the new NHS 111 number.

The Freephone number is for people that need medical help but not necessarily emergency aid.

The project is due to start in Oxford in February and roll out to the rest of the county afterwards. Trained advisors will assess calls and act accordingly which will usually mean advice or directing callers to out-of-hours doctors, urgent care centres, emergency dentists or late-opening chemists where appropriate.

Of course until the new service is available you can call to call NHS Direct on 0845 4647.

http://www.nhs.uk/111

Remember to use 999 in an emergency

Don’t forget that 999 should still be used in an emergency, such as when a crime is happening, someone suspected of a crime is nearby, someone is injured, being threatened or a life is at risk, or there is a traffic incident involving personal injury or danger.