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Hearing Impairment: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the (a) autonomy and (b) wellbeing of deaf residents in care homes.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
23 Oct 2025
Answer
21 Nov 2025 · 31 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the (a) autonomy and (b) wellbeing of deaf residents in care homes.

  2. 23 Oct 2025

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  3. 21 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population. That is why, under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market and to commission a range of high-quality, sustainable,...

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