"I'm happy to report that having gone away and scoured the NHS for evidence of fax machines being put to use, of the 205 NHS trusts we have in the country, only three are now using fax machines for everyday use, which are Leeds, Birmingham and Shrewsbury and Telford,"
"Now, in the case of Leeds and Birmingham, they have a plan to phase them out entirely in the next 12 months."
"I decided that having been told by these trusts that were I to politically order them to cease use I would cause them some quite significant operational headaches, I decided to do the right thing and explain to you that there are still three trusts using fax machines."
The first fax machines began operating about 180 years ago. Three of 205 NHS trusts in England continue to use fax machines for everyday use: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, and Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. A government pledge made in October 2024 aimed to phase out fax use within a year. Leeds and Birmingham have plans to eliminate faxes within the next 12 months. Shrewsbury and Telford anticipate a longer timeline for removal. Fax technology was widely used across public services and was overtaken by email in the early 2000s, though it persisted in parts of the health service.
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