Hearing Impairment and Visual Impairment
Commons · Question 99809 · Tabled 15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ruth Cadbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that communications from NHS trusts to deaf and deafblind patients are accessible.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 22 Dec 2025
Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning services to meet the health needs of their local population, which includes responsibility for ensuring that there is adequate provision of British Sign Language interpreters to support deaf patient...