Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 83914

Hearing Impairment: Care Homes

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) staff training on support for and (b) support available to deaf residents in care homes.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Government is taking steps to improve the quality of adult social care, which will include deaf people in care homes.The Department is committed to enhancing the skills of staff working in adult social care. To this end, the Department launched the Ad...

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