Health Services: Sign Language
Lords · Question HL9250 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Wasserman
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they collect data on how many NHS England appointments were cancelled because of a lack of sign language interpreters; and, if so, whether they will publish those data for the past five financial years.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 14 Jul 2025
Corrected 21 Jul 2025 by Baroness Merron
NHS England routinely collects data on both cancelled and missed hospital appointments, although data is not collected on the reasons why, and cannot be disaggregated to explain causes.All National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social c...