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Health Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made in implementing the NHS Accessible Information Standard.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
5 Jun 2025
Answer
5 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made in implementing the NHS Accessible Information Standard.

  2. 5 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Since 2016, all National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers are expected to meet the Accessible Information Standard (AIS), which details the recommended approach to supporting the information and communication support ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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