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GOV.UK Notify

GOV.UK Notify lets public sector services send emails, text messages and letters.

Find out more on the Notify features page

How Government as a Platform is meeting challenges posed by coronavirus

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Many public sector organisations are feeling pressure on their services because of coronavirus. Read about the products that Government as a Platform offers that help continue essential delivery of services, and support the development of new services required by the situation.

GOV.UK Notify is available for the public sector to use for emergency staff communications

The homepage of the GOV.UK Notify service. The header image says "Send emails, text messages and letters to your users. Try GOV.UK Notify now if you work in central government, a local authority, or the NHS." There are links to create an account or sign in if you've used it before. There are tabs at the top to different sections on support, features, pricing, documentation, and sign-in. The beginning of a new section under the header displays. The text says "Control your content. You do not need any technical knowledge to create email, text message or letter templates." There is an illustrative screenshot of adding a text message template to the right of the text.

GOV.UK Notify – the government’s messaging platform – is available for all public sector organisations to use for emergency staff communications and business continuity messaging. This is particularly relevant in the ongoing situation with Coronavirus.

GOV.UK Notify is sending messages for more than 1,500 services across the public sector

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GOV.UK Notify, the government’s messaging platform, is now used in more than 1,500 services across the public sector. It is open to service teams in central and local government, the NHS and emergency services to communicate quickly, cheaply and reliably with their users.

How GOV.UK Notify is helping local authorities improve their services

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Screenshot of the Notify homepage: Send emails, text messages and letters to your users. Try GOV.UK Notify now if you work in central government, a local authority, or the NHS. Button saying 'create an account'. Or sign in if you've used it before. Heading saying 'Control your content' and paragraph saying 'You don't need any technical knowledge to create email, text message or letter templates.'

Over 150 local authorities use GOV.UK Notify to send emails, text messages and letters. These organisations often have to deliver complex public services with limited resources. Here are 5 examples of teams that use Notify to save time and money, and build better services.

Local government services to start using GOV.UK Notify

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GOV.UK Notify – the government's digital communications platform – is fast becoming established in central government. We’re now ready to start offering Notify to local government.