Question follow-through · 57841

Hearing Impairment: Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve implementation of the Accessible Information Standard to support deaf people.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
5 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
16 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve implementation of the Accessible Information Standard to support deaf people.

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Employers in the health system are responsible for ensuring that their staff are trained to the required standards to deliver safe and effective treatment for patients, and to deploy their staff in the best way to ensure the delivery of health services to...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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