SIR – Rishi Sunak plans to fine patients £10 for each missed NHS appointment (report, July 31). Will he also fine those patients who never received the letter confirming their appointment ...

Millions more people will receive personal health information directly to their smartphones within the next three years.

Had the appointment been sooner, it would have been another one missed. SIR – I received an NHS letter postmarked February 9 at 12.30pm on February 16. My X-ray appointment was for 3pm.

A woman died from cancer after waiting two years for the NHS to call or email her with her ultrasound scan results ... she never received the hospital’s letters, an inquest heard.

Officials are seeking views on how to update the postal service, which could potentially include delaying bulk mail letters – which include NHS appointment letters, court documents, fines or new ...

The NHS and Royal Mail has secured a deal for an NHS-specific barcode on letters to ensure appointments and results are delivered on time, including at times of service disruption. Healthwatch England ...

Throughout adulthood, you might receive letters in the post for screening tests ... Even if you've not got a cervix, there are also NHS screening tests for bowel cancer and abdominal aortic ...

But when the appointment for the child’s MRI scan was made by the radiology booking team, a standard letter was produced by the NHS booking system in English. Staff told the HSIB that while it ...

The NHS must embrace innovations in healthcare ... month’s junior doctors’ strike (“Strike hits 350,000 hospital appointments”, Report, April 11). Shared Medical Appointments (SMA) offer ...