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) 32,256 people ...

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 get ...

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The NHS will get its own Royal Mail postage class to stop late letters leading to missed appointments. A new barcode system will be introduced to automatically identify, separate and process NHS ...

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