British Sign Language (BSL) 5-year plan sets out how the Department of Health and Social Care plans to improve the use of BSL in its communications in the next 5 years.
They have now released their first annual progress update, one year into the 5 years.
The BSL Act 2022 requires that named ministerial government departments must report on how they are promoting or facilitating the use of BSL in their communications with the public. In July 2025, all ministerial departments published a 5-year BSL plan, setting out how they plan to improve the use of BSL within their departments. These were published alongside the third BSL report, which summarises work being done across the government to improve the use of BSL.
Departments have been asked to update on their progress every year for the duration of the 5-year plan.
The one-year update can be read here
There is also a BSL video of the report, below: