Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 32208

Health Services: Disability

Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 18 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Marsha De Cordova

LabourBattersea

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of making the NHS Accessible Information Standard mandatory in all NHS England health and social care settings on the ability of (a) deaf and (b)

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Following commencement of the regulations made under the Health and Care Act 2022, new arrangements will come into effect to make information standards mandatory. Existing standards will need to go through a new process to become mandatory, and once a sta...

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