Question follow-through · 86371
NHS: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that (a) universal lay terminology is used in the NHS app and (b) there is signposting to Lab Tests Online UK to enable patients to interpret their diagnostic results correctly.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 17 Nov 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that (a) universal lay terminology is used in the NHS app and (b) there is signposting to Lab Tests Online UK to enable patients to interpret their diagnostic results correctly.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Nov 2025
Answer published
The NHS App aims to use clear, universal lay terminology that is easy for the general public to understand. The content follows the National Health Service content style guide, which mandates writing in plain English to a reading age of nine to 11 years o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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