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To ask His Majesty's Government how NHS England and Integrated Care Boards monitor compliance with the Accessible Information Standard in (1) community pharmacies, and (2) hospital pharmacies, in particular with regard to provision of easy-read, pictorial, or simplified medication labels for patients with learning disabilities; and what data NHS England...
To ask His Majesty's Government how NHS England and Integrated Care Boards monitor compliance with the Accessible Information Standard in (1) community pharmacies, and (2) hospital pharmacies, in particular with regard to provision of easy-read, pictorial, or simplified medication labels for patients with learning disabilities; and what data NHS England...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made on the cost benefit to the NHS of making the Accessible Information Standard mandatory.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made on the cost benefit to the NHS of making the Accessible Information Standard mandatory.
Mandatory information standards will be introduced in a staged process. The process will include considering the costs and benefits of making any standard mandatory. There is no decision or timeline yet for issuing a mandatory NHS Accessible Information Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to help ensure that epilepsy patients and their families have access to readily-available information of SUDEP risk and prevention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to help ensure that epilepsy patients and their families have access to readily-available information of SUDEP risk and prevention.
The Government is taking steps to support a more proactive and preventative approach to epilepsy care through earlier recognition and improved management. Guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) sets clear expectations for timely diagnosis, regular review and assessment of seizure control and associated risks, and referral to specialist services where needed.
NHS England supports this approach through national programmes such as Getting It Right First Time and NHS RightCare, which promote consistent use of guidelines, strengthen multidisciplinary care, and help improve early identification and ongoing management of epilepsy across the National Health Service.
The Government is also taking steps to ensure people with epilepsy and their families have access to clear information on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) risk and prevention. NICE guidance recommends that clinicians discuss SUDEP risk from diagnosis and revisit this regularly, including providing personalised advice on reducing risk. NHS England supports this through training programmes developed with SUDEP Action, which improve clinician awareness and communication of risk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the Accessible Information Standard a statutory requirement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the Accessible Information Standard a statutory requirement.
A revised Accessible Information Standard (AIS) was published on 1 July 2025 and is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/accessible-information-standard/
NHS England is supporting implementation of the standard. Mandatory information standards will be introduced in a staged process; there is no timeline at present for issuing a mandatory NHS Accessible Information Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to implement the NHS Accessible Information Standard effectively.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to implement the NHS Accessible Information Standard effectively.
Since 2016, all National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers have been expected to meet the Accessible Information Standard (AIS), which details the approach to supporting the information and communication support needs of people with a disability, impairment, or sensory loss.
NHS England is working to support implementation of the AIS with awareness raising, communication, and engagement. The intention is to ensure that staff and organisations in the NHS are aware of the AIS and the importance of meeting the information and communication needs of disabled people using services.
NHS England published a revised AIS on 30 June 2025 to help ensure that the communication needs of people with a disability, impairment, or sensory loss are met in health and care provision. This guidance document is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/accessible-information-standard/
A self-assessment framework has been developed to support providers of NHS and social care services to measure their performance against the AIS, and develop improvement action plans to address gaps in implementation, with further information available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/accessible-information-standard-self-assessment-framework/
The AIS conformance criteria published in 2016 and revised in 2025 set out what organisations need to do to meet the AIS, as the responsibility for monitoring compliance with the AIS sits with the commissioner of the service. Further information is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/accessible-information-standard-requirements-dapb1605/
The Care Quality Commission does not assure the AIS but takes the AIS into account when regulating health and social care services, considering whether people using services have accessible communications, in line with the relevant regulations, as set out in their assessment framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds information on the number of resident doctors who, whilst on strike, work for another trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds information on the number of resident doctors who, whilst on strike, work for another trust.
The Department does not hold information on the number of resident doctors who, whilst on strike, work for another trust.
National Health Service staff who are on strike are not prevented by law from working for non-NHS bodies or other NHS organisations, including NHS trusts, on days of industrial action, as long as they are not provided by an employment business to cover the work of striking workers. Before the British Medical Association Resident Doctors Committee (BMA RDC) strike action in July 2025, NHS England set out in guidance that resident doctors who have chosen to take industrial action should not undertake a locum or bank shift elsewhere during the period of action. More information is available at the following link:
During the BMA RDC strike action in December 2025, NHS England issued additional communications to Trusts to reaffirm the existing guidance.
NHS staff should consider the guidance published by the relevant professional bodies before undertaking additional work during strike days.
The Department continues to monitor the impact of industrial action on NHS services and staffing arrangements.
Moved by
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
30: Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end insert—
“(e) is not substantially motivated by—
(i) not wanting to be a burden on others or on public services,
(ii) a mental disorder (including depression),
(iii) a disability (other than the terminal illness),
(iv) financial considerations, including a lack of adequate...
Moved by
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
30: Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end insert—
“(e) is not substantially motivated by—
(i) not wanting to be a burden on others or on public services,
(ii) a mental disorder (including depression),
(iii) a disability (other than the terminal illness),
(iv) financial considerations, including a lack of adequate...
My Lords, I have notified the Lord Speaker’s office and the Whips that I shall be moving Amendment 30, which stands in my name and those of the noble Baronesses, Lady Foster—who is unable to be with us today—and Lady Fox, and the noble Lord, Lord Empey. This group of...
My Lords, I have notified the Lord Speaker’s office and the Whips that I shall be moving Amendment 30, which stands in my name and those of the noble Baronesses, Lady Foster—who is unable to be with us today—and Lady Fox, and the noble Lord, Lord Empey. This group of...
Moved by
Baroness Lawlor
30ZA: Before sub-paragraph (i), insert—
“(ai) not wanting to cause distress or be a burden on their families,”
Moved by
Baroness Lawlor
30ZA: Before sub-paragraph (i), insert—
“(ai) not wanting to cause distress or be a burden on their families,”
My Lords, I support all six sub-paragraphs in the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Foster of Aghadrumsee, which was moved by the noble Lord, Lord Weir of Ballyholme, and is supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, and the noble Lord, Lord Empey. However, I urge...
My Lords, I support all six sub-paragraphs in the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Foster of Aghadrumsee, which was moved by the noble Lord, Lord Weir of Ballyholme, and is supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, and the noble Lord, Lord Empey. However, I urge...
Just so that I can properly respond to this, which amendment in the group is this addressed to?
Just so that I can properly respond to this, which amendment in the group is this addressed to?
It is addressed to Amendment 30ZA amending Amendment 30. It is on page 2 of Today’s Lists.
It is all too easy imagine such appeals by a family to altruistic feelings. They do not want to cause distress or be a burden, especially to those they most love. In the dismal...
It is addressed to Amendment 30ZA amending Amendment 30. It is on page 2 of Today’s Lists.
It is all too easy imagine such appeals by a family to altruistic feelings. They do not want to cause distress or be a burden, especially to those they most love. In the dismal...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 30 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Foster of Aghadrumsee, and the noble Lord, Lord Weir of Ballyholme. I also support the other amendments in this group.
I first put on record that while I like and respect the Government Chief Whip,...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 30 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Foster of Aghadrumsee, and the noble Lord, Lord Weir of Ballyholme. I also support the other amendments in this group.
I first put on record that while I like and respect the Government Chief Whip,...
My Lords, all these amendments address motivation, one of the areas that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, identified as a key area in his email sent to some noble Lords on Wednesday. This therefore feels an appropriate moment to make some short observations on general matters arising from...
My Lords, all these amendments address motivation, one of the areas that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, identified as a key area in his email sent to some noble Lords on Wednesday. This therefore feels an appropriate moment to make some short observations on general matters arising from...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Monckton of Dallington Forest, for that excellently clear way of expressing some of the discomfort and what we would like to see. I would be much happier and feel that I did not have to speak too much if I was getting...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Monckton of Dallington Forest, for that excellently clear way of expressing some of the discomfort and what we would like to see. I would be much happier and feel that I did not have to speak too much if I was getting...
My Lords, I am associated with some of these amendments. I do not think we want to get completely hung up on the minutiae of each particular line, because there are variations that one could make. I guess that when one is drafting a Bill there are choices to be...
My Lords, I am associated with some of these amendments. I do not think we want to get completely hung up on the minutiae of each particular line, because there are variations that one could make. I guess that when one is drafting a Bill there are choices to be...
My Lords, in connection with Amendment 30, I will just say, in a point of distinction to some of the speeches, that if I were interested in having an assisted death, part of the reason would most definitely be that I would not want to be a burden on my...
My Lords, in connection with Amendment 30, I will just say, in a point of distinction to some of the speeches, that if I were interested in having an assisted death, part of the reason would most definitely be that I would not want to be a burden on my...
My Lords, I will touch on Amendments 30, 56 and 57, the latter two to which I have attached my name. Before I launch into my arguments, it is, if I may say so, a delight for me to see the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, in her place...
My Lords, I will touch on Amendments 30, 56 and 57, the latter two to which I have attached my name. Before I launch into my arguments, it is, if I may say so, a delight for me to see the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, in her place...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Harper; when he was a Minister, we had many interesting discussions, although they were possibly not as collaborative as those with my noble friend Lady Campbell. This group talks about motivation and I am sure we are...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Harper; when he was a Minister, we had many interesting discussions, although they were possibly not as collaborative as those with my noble friend Lady Campbell. This group talks about motivation and I am sure we are...
My Lords, I hope the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, will forgive me for intervening at this stage. I know we are all in a hurry, and I have not got my name on any of the amendments—yet. Noble Lords will know that I have been away for over...
My Lords, I hope the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, will forgive me for intervening at this stage. I know we are all in a hurry, and I have not got my name on any of the amendments—yet. Noble Lords will know that I have been away for over...