Nick Landon Chief Commercial Officer Royal Mail,

The department of health wanted to speed up getting Covid-19 test results back to people to help beat the virus faster. Working with them we have made a huge change to our network. Collecting test kits from 15,000 priority boxes on a Sunday speeds up test results at the weekend by a whole day. I couldn’t be prouder of all of the teams in Royal Mail and the other teams in the Department and their commercial partners who made this possible. Together we will beat it.

Matt Hancock, Health and Social Care Secretary, said:

I want to thank the Royal Mail, who, from this weekend, will empty some of their post boxes seven days a week to speed up home testing. It is a big team effort and I am very grateful for our posties for playing their part to help keep people safe.