Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93659

Health Services: Hearing Impairment

Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Sir Mark Hendrick

Labour (Co-op)Preston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the RNID report entitled Still Ignored: the fight for accessible healthcare; what steps his Department plans to take to ensure

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
Under the 2010 Equality Act, health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged. This includes responsibility for ensuring that there is adequate provision of British Sign Language in...

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