diff --git a/proxies/live/apiproxy/targets/target.xml b/proxies/live/apiproxy/targets/target.xml
index c9c0bfdd3..819d15e91 100644
--- a/proxies/live/apiproxy/targets/target.xml
+++ b/proxies/live/apiproxy/targets/target.xml
@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@
         <SSLInfo>
             <Enabled>true</Enabled>
         </SSLInfo>
-        <LoadBalancer>
-            <Server name="{{ TARGET_SERVER_OVERRIDE | default('communications-manager-target') }}"/>
-        </LoadBalancer>
-        <Path>{requestpath}</Path>
+        {% if ENVIRONMENT_TYPE == 'sandbox' %}
+            <LoadBalancer>
+                <Server name="{{ TARGET_SERVER_OVERRIDE | default('communications-manager-target') }}"/>
+            </LoadBalancer>
+            <Path>{requestpath}</Path>
+        {% else %}
+            <URL>https://comms-apim.de2-masl2.communications.national.nhs.uk</URL>
+        {% endif %}
         <Properties>
             <Property name="io.timeout.millis">29000</Property>
         </Properties>
diff --git a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.MessageBatches.Create.Request.xml b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.MessageBatches.Create.Request.xml
index 3dfbc673b..852b51544 100644
--- a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.MessageBatches.Create.Request.xml
+++ b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.MessageBatches.Create.Request.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,17 @@
         <Name>target.copy.pathsuffix</Name>
         <Value>false</Value>
     </AssignVariable>
-    <AssignVariable>
-        <Name>requestpath</Name>
-        <Value>/api/v1/send</Value>
-    </AssignVariable>
+    {% if ENVIRONMENT_TYPE == 'sandbox' %}
+       <AssignVariable>
+           <Name>requestpath</Name>
+           <Value>/api/v1/send</Value>
+       </AssignVariable>
+    {% else %}
+        <AssignVariable>
+            <Name>target.url</Name>
+            <Value>https://comms-apim.de2-masl2.communications.national.nhs.uk/api/v1/send</Value>
+        </AssignVariable>
+    {% endif %}
     <Set>
         <Payload contentType="application/json" variablePrefix="%" variableSuffix="#">%data.payload#</Payload>
         <Headers>
diff --git a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.Messages.Create.Request.xml b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.Messages.Create.Request.xml
index 2a8e9cd5c..86e829dd5 100644
--- a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.Messages.Create.Request.xml
+++ b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.Messages.Create.Request.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,17 @@
         <Name>target.copy.pathsuffix</Name>
         <Value>false</Value>
     </AssignVariable>
-    <AssignVariable>
-        <Name>requestpath</Name>
-        <Value>/api/v1/messages</Value>
-    </AssignVariable>
+    {% if ENVIRONMENT_TYPE == 'sandbox' %}
+       <AssignVariable>
+           <Name>requestpath</Name>
+           <Value>/api/v1/messages</Value>
+       </AssignVariable>
+    {% else %}
+        <AssignVariable>
+            <Name>target.url</Name>
+            <Value>https://comms-apim.de2-masl2.communications.national.nhs.uk/api/v1/messages</Value>
+        </AssignVariable>
+    {% endif %}
     <Set>
         <Payload contentType="application/json" variablePrefix="%" variableSuffix="#">%data.payload#</Payload>
         <Headers>
diff --git a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.Messages.GetSingle.Request.xml b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.Messages.GetSingle.Request.xml
index ce54ec959..cbaff3c75 100644
--- a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.Messages.GetSingle.Request.xml
+++ b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.Messages.GetSingle.Request.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,17 @@
         <Name>target.copy.pathsuffix</Name>
         <Value>false</Value>
     </AssignVariable>
-    <AssignVariable>
-        <Name>requestpath</Name>
-        <Template>/api/v1/messages/{data.messageId}</Template>
-    </AssignVariable>
+    {% if ENVIRONMENT_TYPE == 'sandbox' %}
+       <AssignVariable>
+           <Name>requestpath</Name>
+           <Template>/api/v1/messages/{data.messageId}</Template>
+       </AssignVariable>
+    {% else %}
+        <AssignVariable>
+            <Name>target.url</Name>
+            <Value>https://comms-apim.de2-masl2.communications.national.nhs.uk/api/v1/messages/{data.messageId}</Value>
+        </AssignVariable>
+    {% endif %}
     <Set>
         <Headers>
             <Header name="X-Correlation-Id">{backendCorrelationId}</Header>
diff --git a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.NhsAppAccounts.Get.Request.xml b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.NhsAppAccounts.Get.Request.xml
index 6d71f721a..fda91bcaf 100644
--- a/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.NhsAppAccounts.Get.Request.xml
+++ b/proxies/shared/policies/AssignMessage.NhsAppAccounts.Get.Request.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,17 @@
         <Name>target.copy.pathsuffix</Name>
         <Value>false</Value>
     </AssignVariable>
-    <AssignVariable>
-        <Name>requestpath</Name>
-        <Value>/api/channels/nhsapp/accounts</Value>
-    </AssignVariable>
+    {% if ENVIRONMENT_TYPE == 'sandbox' %}
+       <AssignVariable>
+           <Name>requestpath</Name>
+           <Value>/api/channels/nhsapp/accounts</Value>
+       </AssignVariable>
+    {% else %}
+        <AssignVariable>
+            <Name>target.url</Name>
+            <Value>https://comms-apim.de2-masl2.communications.national.nhs.uk/api/channels/nhsapp/accounts</Value>
+        </AssignVariable>
+    {% endif %}
     <Set>
         <Headers>
             <Header name="X-Correlation-Id">{backendCorrelationId}</Header>