NHS 111 non-emergency helpline set for Wales

Plans to launch a new NHS non-emergency helpline service in Wales look set to go ahead despite problems in England.

The 111 line would replace NHS Direct as as a "gateway" to all kinds of different services.

The Welsh government hopes it will ease pressure on accident and emergency departments said to be "at the point of meltdown".

Dr Charlotte Jones, a GP from Swansea, and Steve Nowottny, editor of the GP's magazine Pulse, discuss the plans with Felicity Evans on BBC Radio Wales.