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Patients: Correspondence

Asked by Tony VaughanLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 2 June 2025UIN 53697

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spent on sending letters to patients in the 2023-24 financial year.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Data on National Health Service total spend sending letters to patients in the 2023/24 financial year in England is not held centrally, and will be held locally by individual trusts.

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