We've worked out if everyone who posted an item by first class post at HRI last year had used second class instead, the Trust would have saved almost £22,000. 

Our Director of Estates and Facilities, Lesley Hill, said: "We need to reduce the number of 1st class items, and would ask colleagues to support us and really think whether items need to go 1st class".

Currently franked mail standard pieces of mail cost 55p 1st class and 38p 2nd class.

We've looked at the postage figures at HRI* for franked mail for both first and second class and compared Mar-Dec in 2017 to the same period in 2016.  The comparison shows we are spending less on postage, but with #doingmybit these costs could be even lower. (Unfortunately we can't get a break down for CRH, or include our appointment centre letters - though we estimate it would be double the amount).

Year-on-year breakdown:

March17 to Dec 17 - spend was £131,000                   March 16 to Dec 16 - spend was £153,000

130,000 first class items costing £71,000                       125,000 first class items costing £63,000

155,000 second class items costing £59,000                 240,000 second class items costing £90,000

Do you use internal envelopes?

Please remember if you do: when posting items of personal information which may hold patient or staff information,it should be in a sealed envelope first. You'll see our Information Security Policy here.

If you have any spare internal envelopes then the post room will gladly take them so that departments may not need to order new ones.