Hearing Impairment: Care Homes
Commons · Question 83914 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) staff training on support for and (b) support available to deaf residents in care homes.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 9 Dec 2025
The Government is taking steps to improve the quality of adult social care, which will include deaf people in care homes.The Department is committed to enhancing the skills of staff working in adult social care. To this end, the Department launched the Ad...