A Daily Mail report highlights that the NHS, despite being promoted as a modernising, "digital" health service, still spends around £240 million every year on paper records. The finding underscores a persistent gap between the NHS's digital ambitions and the reality of continued reliance on paper-based administration across many trusts and services.

The article text supplied did not include the full body of the report, so further specific details, sources or breakdowns of the £240 million figure could not be confirmed beyond the headline claim itself.