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Health Services: Disability

Asked by Sarah GibsonLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 24 November 2025UIN 91255

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeline is for making the NHS Accessible Information Standard mandatory for health and social care providers, following commencement of regulations made under the Health and Care Act 2022

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

Mandatory information standards will be introduced in a staged process. There is no timeline yet for issuing a mandatory NHS Accessible Information Standard.

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