diff --git a/app/main/views/send.py b/app/main/views/send.py
index 6dd1c83e2..083961977 100644
--- a/app/main/views/send.py
+++ b/app/main/views/send.py
@@ -612,8 +612,8 @@ def _check_messages(service_id, template_id, upload_id, preview_row, letters_as_
         if e.status_code != 404:
             raise
 
-    statistics = service_api_client.get_service_statistics(service_id, today_only=True)
-    remaining_messages = (current_service.message_limit - sum(stat['requested'] for stat in statistics.values()))
+    notification_count = service_api_client.get_notification_count(service_id)
+    remaining_messages = (current_service.message_limit - notification_count)
 
     contents = s3download(service_id, upload_id)
 
diff --git a/app/notify_client/service_api_client.py b/app/notify_client/service_api_client.py
index 9c90e5ce5..81eafa4f2 100644
--- a/app/notify_client/service_api_client.py
+++ b/app/notify_client/service_api_client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 
+from notifications_utils.clients.redis import daily_limit_cache_key
+
 from app.extensions import redis_client
 from app.notify_client import NotifyAdminAPIClient, _attach_current_user, cache
 
@@ -42,18 +44,7 @@ class ServiceAPIClient(NotifyAdminAPIClient):
         return self.get('/service/{0}'.format(service_id))
 
     def get_service_statistics(self, service_id, today_only, limit_days=None):
-        # FIXME: The statistics request is taking more than 30s on some accounts,
-        # so return an empty set of statistics for the upload check page.
-        # We still do the request for when `today_only=False` so that reporting
-        # pages in the admin are still showing the correct values for other services.
-        if today_only:
-            return {
-                'email': {'requested': 0, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0},
-                'sms': {'requested': 0, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0},
-                'letter': {'requested': 0, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0}
-            }
-        else:
-            return self.get('/service/{0}/statistics'.format(service_id), params={
+        return self.get('/service/{0}/statistics'.format(service_id), params={
                 'today_only': today_only, 'limit_days': limit_days
             })['data']
 
@@ -644,5 +635,10 @@ class ServiceAPIClient(NotifyAdminAPIClient):
 
         return self.post("/service/{}/set-as-broadcast-service".format(service_id), data)
 
+    def get_notification_count(self, service_id):
+        # if cache is not set return 0
+        count = redis_client.get(daily_limit_cache_key(service_id)) or 0
+        return int(count)
+
 
 service_api_client = ServiceAPIClient()
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_send.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_send.py
index ec9dacc33..ad9634195 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_send.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_send.py
@@ -2453,7 +2453,6 @@ def test_upload_csvfile_with_valid_phone_shows_all_numbers(
     logged_in_client,
     mock_get_service_template,
     mock_get_users_by_service,
-    mock_get_service_statistics,
     mock_get_live_service,
     mock_get_job_doesnt_exist,
     mock_get_jobs,
@@ -2471,7 +2470,7 @@ def test_upload_csvfile_with_valid_phone_shows_all_numbers(
             '07700 9007{0:02d}'.format(final_two) for final_two in range(0, 53)
         ])
     )
-
+    mock_get_notification_count = mocker.patch('app.service_api_client.get_notification_count', return_value=0)
     response = logged_in_client.post(
         url_for('main.send_messages', service_id=service_one['id'], template_id=fake_uuid),
         data={'file': (BytesIO(''.encode('utf-8')), 'example.csv')},
@@ -2503,7 +2502,7 @@ def test_upload_csvfile_with_valid_phone_shows_all_numbers(
     assert '07700 900750' not in content
     assert 'Only showing the first 50 rows' in content
 
-    mock_get_service_statistics.assert_called_once_with(service_one['id'], today_only=True)
+    mock_get_notification_count.assert_called_once_with(service_one['id'])
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('international_sms_permission, should_allow_international', [
@@ -3101,9 +3100,10 @@ def test_go_to_dashboard_after_tour_link(
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('num_requested,expected_msg', [
-    (0, '‘example.csv’ contains 1,234 phone numbers.'),
-    (1, 'You can still send 49 messages today, but ‘example.csv’ contains 1,234 phone numbers.')
-], ids=['none_sent', 'some_sent'])
+    (None, '‘example.csv’ contains 1,234 phone numbers.'),
+    ("0", '‘example.csv’ contains 1,234 phone numbers.'),
+    ("1", 'You can still send 49 messages today, but ‘example.csv’ contains 1,234 phone numbers.')
+], ids=['none_sent', 'none_sent', 'some_sent'])
 def test_check_messages_shows_too_many_messages_errors(
     mocker,
     client_request,
@@ -3121,10 +3121,7 @@ def test_check_messages_shows_too_many_messages_errors(
     mocker.patch('app.main.views.send.s3download', return_value=',\n'.join(
         ['phone number'] + ([mock_get_users_by_service(None)[0]['mobile_number']] * 1234)
     ))
-    mocker.patch('app.service_api_client.get_service_statistics', return_value={
-        'sms': {'requested': num_requested, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0},
-        'email': {'requested': 0, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0}
-    })
+    mocker.patch('app.extensions.redis_client.get', return_value=num_requested)
 
     with client_request.session_transaction() as session:
         session['file_uploads'] = {
diff --git a/tests/app/notify_client/test_service_api_client.py b/tests/app/notify_client/test_service_api_client.py
index ddaea8ed9..3cc128a1b 100644
--- a/tests/app/notify_client/test_service_api_client.py
+++ b/tests/app/notify_client/test_service_api_client.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ def test_client_gets_service(mocker):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('today_only, limit_days', [
     (False, None),
     (False, 30),
-    pytest.param(True, None, marks=pytest.mark.xfail(raises=AssertionError)),
 ])
 def test_client_gets_service_statistics(mocker, today_only, limit_days):
     client = ServiceAPIClient()