Question follow-through · 126545
NHS: Text Messaging
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with phone companies on rates charged to the NHS for sending text messages.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Death Certificates · 2 Jul 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with phone companies on rates charged to the NHS for sending text messages.
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department does not set or negotiate the rates charged to National Health Service organisations for sending text messages. Telephony and messaging services are procured locally by NHS bodies through established commercial arrangements, including frame...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Death Certificates
2 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of weekend and out-of-hours provision for death certification by GPs, Medical Examiner services and registrar services; and what steps he is taking to en