Royal Mail warns of delays in 13 Scots postcodes due to Covid-related staff shortages

SCOTS have been warned to expect delays to their deliveries after a huge surge in postal staff self-isolating.

Royal Mail confirmed yesterday that 13 postcodes in Scotland are set for a slower service in the coming days due to the Covid-related issues.

Which Scottish areas are impacted by the Royal Mail delays?

The affected areas include suburbs of Glasgow and Aberdeen, as well as parts of Perth and towns in Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire.

A further 43 postcodes across the UK are set to be impacted by the delays.

Royal Mail services also struggled over Christmas under the weight of extra sick days, resourcing problems and “other local factors”.

The bad news follows delays at a similar time last year across 28 UK postcodes – but that figure has now doubled.

And the “pingdemic” last July forced further sluggishness in various parts of the country.

Royal Mail apologised for the inconvenience and said it plans to “rotate deliveries” to minimise the delays – meaning some areas will temporarily see slower posting times.

Check your local post office opening times using Royal Mail’s online tool – just enter your postcode.

You can also sign up for email updates to be alerted to any changes.

Full list of affected postcodes

Here’s the full list of areas in Scotland affected by the disruption:

• Bridge Of Don DO (AB22 and AB23)
• Erskine DO (PA7 and PA8)
• Larkhall DO (ML9 and ML10)
• Newton Mearns DO (G77)
• Paisley DO (PA1, PA2 and PA3)
• Perth DO (PH1. PH2 and PH14)

Other areas across the UK impacted by delays:

• Amersham DO (HP6, HP7 and HP8)
• Amesbury (SP3 and SP4)
• Barking DO (IG11)
• Bicester DO (OX25 to OX27)
• Bredbury DO (SK6)
• Bristol South DO (BS3, BS13 and BS41)
• Burgess Hill DO (BN6 and RH15)
• Caldicot DO (NP26)
• Camberwell (SE5)
• Cramlington DO (NE23)
• Cricklewood DO (NW2)
• Gerrads Cross DO (SL9)
• Golders Green DO (NW11)
• Hanwell (W7)
• Herne Hill DO (SE24)
• Histon SPDO (CB4 9XX)
• Hitchin DO (SG4 and SG5)
• Holloway DO (N7)
• Hornsey DO (N8)
• Hoylake DO (CH47 and CH48)
• Islington DO (N1 and N1C)
• Maida Hill DO (W9)
• Manchester South West DO (M15, M16 and M32)
• Muswell Hill DO (N10)
• Northwich DO (CW8 and CW9)
• Peterlee DO (SR8)
• Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9 and WF11)
• Rayleigh DO (SS6)
• Redcar DO (TS10 and TS11)
• Rottingdean DO (BN2 and BN51)
• South Croydon DO (CR2)
• Swindon West DO (SN5)
• Thame DO (OX9 and OX39)
• The Hyde DO (NW9)
• Upminster DO (RM14)
• Upton DO (CH30 and CH39)
• Wallasey DO (CH27, CH44 and CH45)
• Wantage DO (OX12)
• West Norwood DO (SE27)
• West Wickham DO (BR4)
• Willesden DO (NW10 and NW26)
• Wootton Bassett DO (SN4 and SN16)

Royal Mail updates its list around 11.30am every day – so we’ll let you know as soon as we see the latest postcodes affected.

Posties wowed Yorkshire by successfully delivering a later addressed only to “somewhere in the Yorkshire Dales”.

Plus, keep up to date with Royal Mail’s delivery times near you.

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