Speeches

Luciana Berger – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-12-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Equality Act 2010 on the care of older adult mental health patients.

Alistair Burt

The Department has made no assessment of the effect of the Equality Act 2010 on the care of older adult mental health patients.

In September 2012, following the introduction of the Equality Act 2010, the Department published guidance Implementing a ban on age discrimination in the NHS – making effective, appropriate decisions. This is available at

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-a-ban-on-age-discrimination-in-the-nhs-making-effective-appropriate-decisions