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Health Services: Languages |
| Question ID: |
1749810 |
| UIN: |
HL3427 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3829 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Coussins
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Baroness Coussins
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to amend the Accessible Information Standard so that it is aligned with the recommendation of Healthwatch England to cover the needs of those who speak little or no English. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-03 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
We have no current plans to make such a change to the Accessible Information Standard (AIS). The AIS aims to make sure that people who have a disability, impairment or sensory loss get information that they can access and understand. NHS England is respon... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |