United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 105675
NHS: Hearing Impairment and Visual Impairment
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14 January 2026
Last action
20 January 2026 · Answer
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20 January 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which recommendations of the Government’s British Sign Language Advisory Board he will implement to ensure the NHS is accessible to deaf and blind people.
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14 January 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which recommendations of the Government’s British Sign Language Advisory Board he will implement to ensure the NHS is accessible to deaf and blind people.
Source: Commons
20 January 2026
Answer
Under the Equality Act 2010, health and care organisations have a legal duty to make changes in their approach and provision to ensure that services are as accessible to disabled people as they are for everybody else.All National Health Service organisati...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-01-14/105675
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1871691
- uk · wq-1871691 · source updated 20 January 2026