United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 120336
NHS: Postal Services
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12 March 2026
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23 March 2026 · Answer
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23 March 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patient samples sent via Royal Mail have been rendered unusable due to late arrival at laboratories in each of the last five years.
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12 March 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patient samples sent via Royal Mail have been rendered unusable due to late arrival at laboratories in each of the last five years.
Source: Commons
23 March 2026
Answer
The monitoring of National Health Service patient correspondence, including appointment letters, is the responsibility of individual NHS providers. Data is not held centrally on the reasons why an appointment is registered as a ‘did not attend’. This incl...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-03-12/120336
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1890707
- uk · wq-1890707 · source updated 23 March 2026