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Hearing Impairment: Care Homes

Commons · Question 83914 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Dec 2025

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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...