Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 15637

NHS: Postal Services

Tabled: 2 July 2026
Answered: 13 July 2026

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal DemocratTaunton and Wellington

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.

Answer

Karin Smyth
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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