Hearing Impairment: Health Services
Commons · Question 67551 · Tabled 14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to make the NHS more accessible for people with hearing impairment.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 22 Jul 2025
Under the Equality Act (2010), health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged.The Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag was developed to enable health and care workers to record, sha...