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Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust: Facsimile Transmission

Commons · Question 105020 · Tabled 12 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 30 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the use of fax machines by Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 30 Jan 2026

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has instructed National Health Service trusts to stop using fax machines for anything other than business continuity. The trust has informed NHS England that they currently only use fax...