Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 14677

Health Services: Information

Tabled: 18 November 2024

Answered: 25 November 2024

Question

Gill Furniss

Labour — Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to revise the Accessible Information Standard to improve accessibility to healthcare for deaf people.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Under the Equality Act 2010, health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged. Since 2016, all National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers are re...

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