Question follow-through · 50896
Health Services: Hearing Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to make NHS services more accessible for deaf patients.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 14 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to make NHS services more accessible for deaf patients.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 May 2025
Answer published
It 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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Health: Disadvantaged
9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce health inequalities (a) in general and (b) for children.
NHS: Crimes of Violence
13 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent violence and harassment towards NHS staff.
Fertility: LGBT+ People
15 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the equality of access to fertility services for LGBTQ+ people.
Dementia: Research
15 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of dementia research funding.
Dementia: South East
15 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people living with dementia without a medical diagnosis in (a) the South East and (b) Slough.
Carers: Dementia
15 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to carers of dementia patients in (a) Slough and (b) the South East.
Social Services: Slough
21 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of adult social care provision in Slough.
IVF: Eligibility
13 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with ICBs on removing the need for self-funded artificial insemination before accessing NHS-funded IVF.
Dental Services: Berkshire
13 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to improve access to dental appointments in (a) Slough constituency and (b) Berkshire.
Dental Services: Pensioners
13 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of financial support available to pensioners for dental treatment.
Dental Services: Pensioners
13 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of NHS dental treatment for pensioners not in receipt of Pension Credit.
Hospices: Finance
17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase funding for hospice care.