United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 945
Health Services: Hearing Impaired
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12 May 2021
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18 May 2021 · Answer
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18 May 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to protect and preserve (a) BSL Health Access and (b) other services that aide deaf people in accessing NHS services, particularly during the covid-19 outbreak.
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12 May 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to protect and preserve (a) BSL Health Access and (b) other services that aide deaf people in accessing NHS services, particularly during the covid-19 outbreak.
Source: Commons
18 May 2021
Answer
All National Health Service providers are required to comply with the public sector equality duty set out in the Equality Act 2010 and the Accessible Information Standard to ensure that deaf people who wish to communicate using British Sign Language (BSL)...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-12/945
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1313900
- uk · wq-1313900 · source updated 18 May 2021