The NHS and Royal Mail has secured a deal for an NHS-specific barcode on letters to ensure appointments and results are ...

Currently, NHS hospital trusts can choose to send patient letters via first-class, second-class or “bulk” mail, which is used ...

An agreement has been reached between Royal Mail and the health service to introduce a barcode system specifically for NHS letters.

The NHS will soon have its own dedicated postage class, a move the Health Secretary says will prevent patients from "missing ...

The change has been made to stop patients facing the "frustration of missing appointments" caused by letters arriving late in ...

NHS letters are to be given their own specific Royal Mail barcode in an move that will stop patients’ frustration over missing appointments due to missing or late letters (Alamy/PA) The NHS is ...

The NHS will soon have its own dedicated postage class, a move the Health Secretary says will prevent patients from "missing appointments" due to delayed mail. Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary ...

The government has announced a major change to how the NHS sends letters in a bid to ensure people don't miss their appointments. The new system will mean NHS letters - specifically medical or ...

An agreement has been reached between Royal Mail and the health service to introduce a barcode system specifically for NHS letters. NHS letters are to be given their own specific Royal Mail ...