Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 50899
Health Services: Hearing Impairment
Tabled: 8 May 2025
Answered: 14 May 2025
Question
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour — Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that NHS patients who are deaf are able to adequately communicate with NHS staff about their care.
Answer
Stephen KinnockIt is for individual National Health Service organisations, including NHS trusts and integrated care boards, to comply with the Equality Act 2010. Under the Equality Act 2010, organisations have a legal duty to make changes in their approach or provision ...
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