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...