diff --git a/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/Dockerfile b/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/Dockerfile
index f832dfc4da..d8468d8086 100644
--- a/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/Dockerfile
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ USER 1000
 
 COPY --chown=app /scripts /scripts
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/scripts/startup.sh"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["bash"]
diff --git a/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/scripts/notify.sh b/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/scripts/notify.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9db1ad601e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/scripts/notify.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+eval "$(sentry-cli bash-hook --no-environ)"
+
+queue_urls=$(aws sqs list-queues --queue-name-prefix "$QUEUE_NAME_PREFIX" | jq -r '.QueueUrls[] | select(endswith("-dlq"))')
+
+queue_stats_json='{}' # Example: {"dev": {"queue1": 1, "queue2": 2, "queue3": 3}, "preprod": {"queue1": 1}}
+for queue_url in $queue_urls; do
+  count=$(aws sqs get-queue-attributes --queue-url "$queue_url" --attribute-names ApproximateNumberOfMessages --query 'Attributes.ApproximateNumberOfMessages' --output text)
+  queue_name=$(basename "$queue_url" | sed "s/$QUEUE_NAME_PREFIX-//;s/-dlq//")
+  environment_name=$(echo "$queue_name" | cut -d'-' -f1)
+  service_name=$(echo "$queue_name" | cut -d'-' -f2-)
+
+  if [ "$count" -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "$service_name has $count messages"
+    queue_stats_json=$(jq --arg key "$environment_name" --arg key2 "$service_name" --arg value "$count" '.[$key][$key2] = ($value | tonumber)' <<< "$queue_stats_json")
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ "$queue_stats_json" = '{}' ]; then
+  echo "Dead-letter queues are empty!"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "$queue_stats_json"
+echo "Posting dead-letter queue stats to Slack..."
+curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $SLACK_TOKEN" --json "$(echo "$queue_stats_json" | jq -rc --arg SLACK_CHANNEL "$SLACK_CHANNEL" '. | {
+  "channel": $SLACK_CHANNEL,
+  "unfurl_links": false,
+  "unfurl_media": false,
+  "blocks": ([
+    {
+      "type": "header",
+      "text": {
+        "type": "plain_text",
+        "text": "🚦 Dead-letter queue report"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "divider"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "context",
+      "elements": [
+        {
+          "type": "mrkdwn",
+          "text": "There are un-processed messages on the dead-letter queues. Review the messages in the <https://justice-cloud-platform.eu.auth0.com/samlp/mQev56oEa7mrRCKAZRxSnDSoYt6Y7r5m?connection=github|AWS Console> and check <https://ministryofjustice.sentry.io/issues/?statsPeriod=14d|Sentry> for issues."
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+  +
+  (. | to_entries | map(
+    {
+      "type": "section",
+      "text": {
+        "type": "mrkdwn",
+        "text": ("*" + .key + "*")
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "divider"
+    },
+    (.key as $environment_name | .value | to_entries | map(
+      [
+        {
+          "type": "section",
+          "text": {
+            "text": (">" + .key),
+            "type": "mrkdwn"
+          },
+          "accessory": {
+            "type": "button",
+            "text": {
+              "type": "plain_text",
+              "text": (.value | tostring)
+            },
+            "url": ("https://eu-west-2.console.aws.amazon.com/sqs/v3/home?region=eu-west-2#/queues/https%3A%2F%2Fsqs.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F754256621582%2Fprobation-integration-" + $environment_name + "-" + .key + "-dlq")
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    ) | flatten)[]
+  ))
+  +
+  [
+    {
+      "type": "divider"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "actions",
+      "elements": [
+        {
+          "type": "button",
+          "text": {
+            "type": "plain_text",
+            "text": ":aws:  AWS Console"
+          },
+          "url": "https://justice-cloud-platform.eu.auth0.com/samlp/mQev56oEa7mrRCKAZRxSnDSoYt6Y7r5m?connection=github"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "button",
+          "text": {
+            "type": "plain_text",
+            "text": ":prometheus: Prometheus"
+          },
+          "url": "https://prometheus.live.cloud-platform.service.justice.gov.uk/graph?g0.expr=(sum%20by%20(queue_name)%20(aws_sqs_approximate_number_of_messages_visible_maximum%7Bqueue_name%3D~%22.*probation-integration-.*-dlq%22%7D%20offset%205m)%20%3E%200)&g0.tab=0&g0.display_mode=lines&g0.show_exemplars=0&g0.range_input=1d"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "button",
+          "text": {
+            "type": "plain_text",
+            "text": ":sentry: Sentry"
+          },
+          "url": "https://ministryofjustice.sentry.io/issues/?statsPeriod=14d"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ])
+ }')" https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage
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diff --git a/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/scripts/redrive.sh b/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/scripts/redrive.sh
index 06acff9c2b..dfccbd460a 100755
--- a/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/scripts/redrive.sh
+++ b/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/scripts/redrive.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 eval "$(sentry-cli bash-hook --no-environ)"
 
-queue_urls=$(aws sqs list-queues --queue-name-prefix "probation-integration-$ENVIRONMENT" | jq -r '.QueueUrls[] | select(endswith("-dlq"))')
+queue_urls=$(aws sqs list-queues --queue-name-prefix "$QUEUE_NAME_PREFIX" | jq -r '.QueueUrls[] | select(endswith("-dlq"))')
 
 for queue_url in $queue_urls
 do
diff --git a/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/scripts/startup.sh b/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/scripts/startup.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c318ef5949..0000000000
--- a/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/container/scripts/startup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -euo pipefail
-eval "$(sentry-cli bash-hook --no-environ)"
-sentry-cli monitors run -e "$SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT" redrive-dead-letter-queues -- /scripts/redrive.sh
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diff --git a/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/deploy/templates/cronjob.yml b/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/deploy/templates/redrive.yml
similarity index 90%
rename from projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/deploy/templates/cronjob.yml
rename to projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/deploy/templates/redrive.yml
index 55cfacfbd7..bea5c94810 100644
--- a/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/deploy/templates/cronjob.yml
+++ b/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/deploy/templates/redrive.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ spec:
           containers:
             - name: dlq-redrive
               image: "ghcr.io/ministryofjustice/hmpps-probation-integration-services/redrive-dead-letter-queues:{{ .Values.version }}"
+              command:
+                - "/scripts/redrive.sh"
               securityContext:
                 capabilities:
                   drop:
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ spec:
                   value: eu-west-2
                 - name: ENVIRONMENT
                   value: {{ .Values.dlq_redrive.environment }}
+                - name: QUEUE_NAME_PREFIX
+                  value: probation-integration-{{ .Values.dlq_redrive.environment }}
                 - name: SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT
                   value: {{ .Values.dlq_redrive.environment }}
                 - name: SENTRY_DSN
diff --git a/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/deploy/values.yaml b/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/deploy/values.yaml
index 5cd42c1522..7a180b8de3 100644
--- a/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/deploy/values.yaml
+++ b/projects/redrive-dead-letter-queues/deploy/values.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 dlq_redrive:
-  schedule: 30 5 * * 1 # Every Monday at 05:30 UTC
+  schedule: 30 5 * * 1-5 # Every weekday at 05:30 UTC
diff --git a/script/start-service-pod.sh b/script/start-service-pod.sh
index 7b1bc03d6f..2d63ef2e01 100755
--- a/script/start-service-pod.sh
+++ b/script/start-service-pod.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
+set -eo pipefail
 ##
 ## Start a long-running Kubernetes pod in a given namespace.
 ##
@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@ set -euo pipefail
 ##   NAMESPACE=hmpps-probation-integration POD_NAME="$USER" ./script/start-service-pod.sh
 ##
 
-[ -z "$POD_NAME" ] && echo "Missing POD_NAME" && exit 1
-[ -z "$NAMESPACE" ] && echo "Missing NAMESPACE" && exit 1
+if [ -z "$POD_NAME" ]; then echo "Missing POD_NAME"; exit 1; fi
+if [ -z "$NAMESPACE" ]; then echo "Missing NAMESPACE"; exit 1; fi
+if [ -n "$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME" ]; then overrides="{\"spec\":{\"serviceAccount\": \"$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME\"}}"; else overrides="{}"; fi
 
 echo "Starting service pod '$POD_NAME'"
 function delete_pod() { kubectl --namespace="$NAMESPACE" delete pod "$POD_NAME"; }
 trap delete_pod SIGTERM SIGINT
 
-kubectl run "$POD_NAME" --namespace="$NAMESPACE" --image=ghcr.io/ministryofjustice/hmpps-devops-tools:latest -- sleep infinity
+kubectl run "$POD_NAME" --namespace="$NAMESPACE" --overrides="$overrides" --image=ghcr.io/ministryofjustice/hmpps-devops-tools:latest -- sleep infinity
 kubectl wait --namespace="$NAMESPACE" --for=condition=ready pod "$POD_NAME"
 
 echo "Service pod is ready"
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