Patients: Information

(asked on 23rd May 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS patients who require (a) medication information and (b) patient information booklets in an additional language.


Answered by
Will Quince Portrait
Will Quince
This question was answered on 7th June 2023

No specific estimate has been made of the number of National Health Service patients who require medication information and patient information booklets in an additional language.

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