diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 51342ffba..194d04511 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Fix Sass deprecation on `mix` function (passing a number without unit) ([PR 995](https://github.com/nhsuk/nhsuk-frontend/pull/995))
 - Add nhsukAttributes macro, copied from GOV.UK ([PR 998](https://github.com/nhsuk/nhsuk-frontend/pull/998))
+- Update table styles so tables always have bottom margin ([PR 1005](https://github.com/nhsuk/nhsuk-frontend/pull/1005))
 
 ## 8.3.0 - 24 July 2024
 
diff --git a/packages/components/tables/_tables.scss b/packages/components/tables/_tables.scss
index e064f7a2b..44343537b 100644
--- a/packages/components/tables/_tables.scss
+++ b/packages/components/tables/_tables.scss
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@
   }
 }
 
+.nhsuk-table {
+  @include nhsuk-font($size: 19);
+  
+  width: 100%;
+  @include nhsuk-responsive-margin(7, "bottom");
+
+  border-spacing: 0;
+  border-collapse: collapse;
+}
+
 /* Table row hover
 ========================================================================== */
 
@@ -72,8 +82,6 @@
  */
 
 .nhsuk-table-responsive {
-  margin-bottom: 0;
-  width: 100%;
 
   thead {
     @include visually-hidden; /* [1] */
@@ -85,7 +93,7 @@
 
   .nhsuk-table__body {
     .nhsuk-table-responsive__heading {
-      font-weight: $nhsuk-font-bold;
+      @include nhsuk-typography-weight-bold;
       padding-right: nhsuk-spacing(3);
       text-align: left; /* [8] */
 
diff --git a/packages/components/tables/template.njk b/packages/components/tables/template.njk
index f380ce270..25a5bebf7 100644
--- a/packages/components/tables/template.njk
+++ b/packages/components/tables/template.njk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <h{{ headingLevel }} class="nhsuk-table__heading-tab">{{ params.heading | safe }}</h{{ headingLevel }}>
   {%- endif %}
   {%- endif %}
-  <table {%- if params.responsive %} role="table"{% endif %} class="nhsuk-table{%- if params.responsive %}-responsive{% endif %}
+  <table {%- if params.responsive %} role="table"{% endif %} class="nhsuk-table {%- if params.responsive %} nhsuk-table-responsive{% endif %}
   {%- if params.tableClasses %} {{ params.tableClasses }}{% endif %}"
   {{- nhsukAttributes(params.attributes) }}>
   {%- if params.caption %}