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Ways to send a parcel
Need to send an international parcel or find a reliable UK courier service? DHL Express offers fast, secure courier services with real-time tracking and flexible delivery options. Explore our parcel delivery solutions today.
DHL Service Point is the easy way to send parcels and documents within the UK or abroad, straight from your local high street or retail park.
- No account required
- Over 1,600 convenient locations nationwide
- Send packages within the UK or internationally
- Simple pricing based on the free DHL envelope or box size you choose
- No need to measure or weigh in store
- Convenient opening hours
(including Saturdays and Sundays) - Save time in store! Complete your parcel details online for a faster transaction in store
DHL Service Points are available at selected
and 100s of independent stores nationwide
Book a courier online from the comfort of your home or office. DHLitNow is the simple, convenient way to send documents and parcels within the UK or internationally, with no need to visit a store or open an account.
- No account required
- Registration optional
- Send packages within the UK or internationally
- Collection from your home or office
- Book a collection today or up to 5 days ahead
- Pre 9:00, pre 12:00 and insurance services available
Book a courier collection over the phone. Our friendly DHL Customer Service team is here to help you arrange UK or international delivery quickly and easily.
- No account required
- Collection from your home or office
- Send packages within the UK or worldwide
- Book a collection today or up to 7 days ahead
- Pre 9:00, pre 12:00 and insurance services available - call for a quote
- Saturday delivery options available to some international destinations - call for a quote
DHL HEALTH LOGISTICS & medical express SERVICE offer
Precision
Every package is essential, and reliability is not optional
Agility
Medical Express responds swiftly to your needs
Speed
With decades of Express delivery experience, we know it's always urgent
Compliance
As the trusted Customs process compliance experts, leave it with us
Visibility
Track shipments in real time to ensure your parcel arrives in perfect condition
Protection
Secure temperature-controlled, robust packaging and expert handling
ALL DHL PARCEL DELIVERY SERVICES OFFER...
UK and international courier service
Fast, secure & reliable delivery
Next possible working day delivery
Customs experts
Convenient delivery options
Signature on delivery (where available)
Door-to-door parcel delivery
Free real-time tracking via WhatsApp chat or online
DHL Express is the global market leader in the international parcel delivery and express courier business. DHL specialises in the door-to-door delivery of documents and parcels worldwide and has more than 100,000 employees operating in more than 220 countries and territories. Whether you need a local or global delivery service, we’ve got you covered.
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our life sciences HEALTH logistics solutions DELIVER
Fast UK & international shipping
Reliable & secure delivery that is trusted worldwide
Additional insurance options are available to meet requirements
Temperature-controlled logistics & quality control
Full real-time tracking and on-time delivery
Customs process & dangerous goods clearance expertise
Time-critical & time-definite delivery
Reduced-emissions logistics via carbon insetting & reporting
DHL Medical Express focuses on product integrity, sustainability, and resilient supply chains to deliver the best possible outcomes for our customers and their patients. Our purpose guides everything we do - WE CARE. Logistics is critical to the life sciences and healthcare industries and to the patients who depend on them, and we're here to deliver. Explore our worldwide Medical Express service by DHL Health logistics for the life science and healthcare industry, and discuss your needs with DHL’s life science and healthcare logistics specialists.
Speak to a life sciences & healthcare logistics specialist
Deliver your critical healthcare and life sciences shipments with speed, precision, and compliance with DHL Health Logistics and our Medical Express service.
Discuss your requirements with a life sciences logistics specialist
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How Medical Express moves science that changes lives
Pre-conditioned temperature-controlled packaging that maintains product integrity throughout transit, ensuring they arrive at the destination in the required condition.
Shipment confidence relating to Customs process expertise and biological regulations for shipping and handling dangerous goods such as UN3373 category B biological substances.
Quality Control Centre (QCC) monitors medical shipments in real time and implements contingencies to ensure they arrive on time and in perfect condition. The package's location and condition are always known.
Priority handling for time-critical and time-definite parcels, including the earliest possible delivery (pre 09:00, pre 12:00 or end of working day) as well as deliveries on Saturdays.
Dedicated Customer Service and e-booking tool that supports multiple stakeholders with booking, management, and reporting needs to keep critical parcels moving.
Passive and active smart sensors or data loggers to monitor temperature-controlled goods such as drugs, medicines, human or veterinary samples, medical devices and clinical lab supplies.
Experience a new level of care and customisation with CRYOPDP
- Specialises in tailor-made, complex, and flexible temperature-controlled logistics solutions with fit-for-purpose packaging, transport, and added-value solutions for the life sciences industries, such as same-day delivery, white glove handling and direct-to-patient delivery.
- Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certified for a compliant logistics approach to help protect shipment integrity and ops align with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
- Leader in temperature-controlled logistics for -20°C, 2–8°C, and 15-25°C requirements with temperature-controlled vehicles (TVC).
- Real-time tracking with end-to-end visibility via the Global Control Tower, with teams monitoring temperature deviations or delays that support on-time delivery, product integrity, and compliance every step of the way.
- Sustainability-focused and integrates Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into healthcare logistics.
Why leading life science health partners choose DHL
Time-critical and time-definite delivery
DHL Express delivers urgent life sciences shipments, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, clinical materials and healthcare products, fast, reliably, and on schedule, supporting time-critical supply needs across the sector.
Global reach with vast logistics network & local expertise
With worldwide coverage and strong local know-how, DHL Express navigates Customs and delivery lanes seamlessly to keep life sciences deliveries moving without delay - connecting laboratories, manufacturers and healthcare providers across global markets.
Temperature-controlled logistics & packaging
DHL Express safeguards sensitive shipments with temperature-control packaging and dry ice supply and replenishment, which maintains product integrity throughout transit, ensuring they arrive at the destination in the required condition.
Open a business shipping account
Need a reliable local or international shipping partner? If you're a UK-based business, open a DHL Express account to unlock exclusive benefits, support, and expertise to grow your business. Choose the shipping speed you need and we'll deliver. Choose Express for time-critical deliveries by air, or Economy for reliable, less urgent shipping with our Economy Select service.
Large and heavy shipping
Send large or heavy parcels across the UK or worldwide with confidence. DHL ensures secure, on-time delivery for shipments of every size.
Express vs Economy service
Choose the international shipping service for your needs. Express is ideal for urgent parcel deliveries, while Economy Select suits less time-sensitive shipments (account holders only).
DHL box size and price guide
Find the right box for your shipment and understand pricing before you send. Our guide helps you choose the best packaging and estimate costs based on size, weight and destination.