Department of Health and Social Care Working on ‘Mandatory’ Accessible Information Standard, Liam O’Dell Understands

Department of Health and Social Care working on ‘mandatory’ Accessible Information Standard, Liam O’Dell understands

Sir Stephen Timms, the minister for social security and disability, has said the government is working on a "mandatory" version of the NHS' Accessible Information Standard (AIS), with Liam O'Dell understanding that it will enact a new power under 2022 health legislation later this year.

What should you expect from the NHS when it comes to accessible information?

NHS England have published a refreshed version of the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) which was first released in 2016. Here we look at what the standard means for users of health and care services and how this has changed with the refreshed version.