Question follow-through · 5721

Health and Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the accessibility of information (a) provided by the NHS and (b) on adult social care.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
7 Oct 2024
Answer
8 Oct 2024 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the accessibility of information (a) provided by the NHS and (b) on adult social care.

  2. 7 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    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 ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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