Written questions

Health Services: Disability

Commons · Question 32208 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Marsha De Cordova

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of making the NHS Accessible Information Standard mandatory in all NHS England health and social care settings on the ability of (a) deaf and (b)

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 18 Mar 2025

Following commencement of the regulations made under the Health and Care Act 2022, new arrangements will come into effect to make information standards mandatory. Existing standards will need to go through a new process to become mandatory, and once a sta...