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…lank letter templates on /upload-a-letter

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The letter prices are changing following the recent procurement. Previously, we had a blended postage rate, and now we're going back to different prices for different postage types, sheets and letter types. NHS Notify's standard postage is still the default option.

I noticed that the letters section in Delivery times had out-of-date information linking to Royal Mail changes in July (2025!). So I've removed that and link out to Royal Mail's more generic delivery times page for 1st and business class.

I've also changed the guidance about how to use our non-default postage and letter inserts - Ops agreed that it's different depending on whether the user is live or onboarding.

This content has been approved by the relevant stakeholders.

Lastly, I've updated the blank Word letter templates. The devs and technical architects noticed that the margins and address window weren't consistent with all the layouts for our letter suppliers, off the back of the letter supplier framework work.

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  • Refactoring (non-breaking change)
  • New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
  • Breaking change (fix or feature that would change existing functionality)
  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)

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  • I have added tests to cover my changes
  • I have updated the documentation accordingly
  • This PR is a result of pair or mob programming

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To find out delivery times for business class and 1st class letters, visit the <a href="https://www.royalmail.com/receiving/delivery-times" target="_blank">Royal Mail website (opens in a new tab)</a>.

[Learn more about letters]({% link pages/about/letters.md %}).

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I think the anchor text for the link should just be "letters" – as this reflects the H1 of the page we're linking to. E.g. Learn more about [letters]({% link pages/about/letters.md %}).

@@ -66,14 +66,7 @@ Once you've made a request with [NHS Notify API]({% link pages/about/api.md %})

We use NHS Notify's standard postage as our default for letters. Most letters get delivered 3 business days after they're dispatched.

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I wonder if this might be a good opportunity to link back to the new letter pricing information?

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This is looking great Emma! I've left a couple of comments for the changes to the delivery times page, but I think /pricing-and-commercial/letters is good to go.

Have approved so as to not delay this going live. We can always make the tweaks to /using-nhs-notify/delivery-times next week.

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