diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 0778e4c93..691b4b56b 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ class Config(object):
     MOU_SIGNED_ON_BEHALF_ON_BEHALF_RECEIPT_TEMPLATE_ID = '522b6657-5ca5-4368-a294-6b527703bd0b'
     NOTIFY_INTERNATIONAL_SMS_SENDER = '07984404008'
     LETTERS_VOLUME_EMAIL_TEMPLATE_ID = '11fad854-fd38-4a7c-bd17-805fb13dfc12'
+    NHS_EMAIL_BRANDING_ID = 'a7dc4e56-660b-4db7-8cff-12c37b12b5ea'
     # we only need real email in Live environment (production)
     DVLA_EMAIL_ADDRESSES = json.loads(os.environ.get('DVLA_EMAIL_ADDRESSES', '[]'))
 
diff --git a/app/organisation/rest.py b/app/organisation/rest.py
index 18bbdc3e9..0f5bed9c1 100644
--- a/app/organisation/rest.py
+++ b/app/organisation/rest.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from app.dao.services_dao import dao_fetch_service_by_id
 from app.dao.templates_dao import dao_get_template_by_id
 from app.dao.users_dao import get_user_by_id
 from app.errors import InvalidRequest, register_errors
-from app.models import KEY_TYPE_NORMAL, Organisation
+from app.models import KEY_TYPE_NORMAL, NHS_ORGANISATION_TYPES, Organisation
 from app.notifications.process_notifications import (
     persist_notification,
     send_notification_to_queue,
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ def create_organisation():
 
     validate(data, post_create_organisation_schema)
 
+    if data["organisation_type"] in NHS_ORGANISATION_TYPES:
+        data["email_branding_id"] = current_app.config['NHS_EMAIL_BRANDING_ID']
+
     organisation = Organisation(**data)
     dao_create_organisation(organisation)
     return jsonify(organisation.serialize()), 201
diff --git a/tests/app/db.py b/tests/app/db.py
index f5b91f7d7..9e691bd04 100644
--- a/tests/app/db.py
+++ b/tests/app/db.py
@@ -502,13 +502,17 @@ def create_service_callback_api(
     return service_callback_api
 
 
-def create_email_branding(colour='blue', logo='test_x2.png', name='test_org_1', text='DisplayName'):
+def create_email_branding(
+    id=None, colour='blue', logo='test_x2.png', name='test_org_1', text='DisplayName'
+):
     data = {
         'colour': colour,
         'logo': logo,
         'name': name,
         'text': text,
     }
+    if id:
+        data['id'] = id
     email_branding = EmailBranding(**data)
     dao_create_email_branding(email_branding)
 
diff --git a/tests/app/organisation/test_rest.py b/tests/app/organisation/test_rest.py
index 27c9bd215..08d83f050 100644
--- a/tests/app/organisation/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/app/organisation/test_rest.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import uuid
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import pytest
+from flask import current_app
 from freezegun import freeze_time
 from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
 
@@ -187,6 +188,43 @@ def test_post_create_organisation(admin_request, notify_db_session, crown):
     assert len(organisation) == 1
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('org_type', ["nhs_central", "nhs_local", "nhs_gp"])
+def test_post_create_organisation_sets_default_nhs_branding_for_nhs_orgs(
+    admin_request, notify_db_session, org_type
+):
+    # we wipe email_branding table in test db between the tests, so we have to recreate this branding
+    # that is normally present on all environments and applied through migration
+    nhs_email_branding_id = current_app.config['NHS_EMAIL_BRANDING_ID']
+    create_email_branding(
+        id=nhs_email_branding_id,
+        logo='1ac6f483-3105-4c9e-9017-dd7fb2752c44-nhs-blue_x2.png',
+        name='NHS'
+    )
+
+    data = {
+        'name': 'test organisation',
+        'active': True,
+        'crown': False,
+        'organisation_type': org_type,
+    }
+
+    response = admin_request.post(
+        'organisation.create_organisation',
+        _data=data,
+        _expected_status=201
+    )
+
+    organisations = Organisation.query.all()
+
+    assert data['name'] == response['name']
+    assert data['active'] == response['active']
+    assert data['crown'] == response['crown']
+    assert data['organisation_type'] == response['organisation_type']
+
+    assert len(organisations) == 1
+    assert organisations[0].email_branding_id == uuid.UUID(nhs_email_branding_id)
+
+
 def test_post_create_organisation_existing_name_raises_400(admin_request, sample_organisation):
     data = {
         'name': sample_organisation.name,