Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 6 October 2022.
Julian Knight
Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation, Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when (a) NHS England and (b) NHS Improvement will receive the independent review report from the North East of England Commissioning Support Unit on British Sign Language Interpreting Services within Hospitals.
Dr Caroline Johnson
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
In November 2020, NHS England commissioned the North of England Commissioning Support Unit to undertake a rapid review of British Sign Language (BSL) service provision in the National Health Service in England. The review was completed in May 2021 and contained 17 recommendations to address the identified health inequalities experienced by BSL users. The report and its recommendations were accepted by NHS England’s National Incident and Response Board on 16 June 2021. NHS England is continuing to work with integrated care systems to implement the recommendations.
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