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NHS: Postal Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS patient communications continue to be sent by post nationally, and the estimated cost of printing and posting these communications.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
6 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS patient communications continue to be sent by post nationally, and the estimated cost of printing and posting these communications.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Data on National Health Service spend on patient communications isn’t collected centrally. The monitoring of National Health Service patient correspondence, including appointment letters, is the responsibility of individual NHS providers.The Government’s ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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