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Hearing Impairment: Health Services

Commons · Question 85961 · Tabled 28 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Nov 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce health inequalities experienced by deaf people.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 5 Nov 2025

It is for individual National Health Service organisations, including NHS trusts and integrated care boards, to comply with the Equality Act 2010. Under the Equality Act 2010, organisations have a legal duty to make changes in their approach or provision ...