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 ...

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 ...

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting said an agreement between the Royal Mail and the health service to introduce a new barcode system specifically for processing NHS letters would “ensure patients ...

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The NHS is to be given its own postage class, in a move that the Health Secretary said will stop patients facing the “frustration of missing appointments” due to letters arriving late in the post.