Question follow-through · 98418

NHS: Postal Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS providers are making use of the Royal Mail barcode for NHS mail.

answeredHelen MorganDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
15 Dec 2025
Answer
19 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS providers are making use of the Royal Mail barcode for NHS mail.

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Data on how many National Health Service providers are making use of Royal Mail barcodes for NHS mail is not held centrally by the Department.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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