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8 in 10 children’s hearing services struggle to review hearing aid fittings on time as charity calls for new ‘specialist advisor’

April 26, 2023 by

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Eight in 10 paediatric audiology services in England have reported challenges in reviewing children fitted with hearing aids at a […]

British Deaf Association calls for mandatory BSL for NHS frontline staff after string of ‘heart-breaking’ communication failures

April 12, 2023 by

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Frontline NHS staff should have mandatory Level 1 British Sign Language (BSL) and Deaf Awareness training in order to prevent […]

Interview: British Deaf Association CEO Rebecca Mansell on the BSL Conference, a ‘Deaf movement’ and more

March 23, 2023 by

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After setting out her charity’s draft, 10-year strategic vision for ‘protecting and promoting’ British Sign Language (BSL) at the British […]

Interview: BSL Bill sponsor Rosie Cooper on her ‘number one’ achievement as a former Labour MP (BSL)

March 21, 2023 by

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Former Labour MP Rosie Cooper, who first introduced the British Sign Language (BSL) Bill to Parliament as a Private Members’ […]

UK’s only mental health inpatient unit for Deaf children closed pending ‘review’, NHS Trust confirms (BSL)

December 21, 2022 by

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Corner House, the only mental health inpatient unit in the UK offering specialist support to Deaf children aged eight to […]

Welsh Parliament passes second motion calling on government to introduce BSL Bill (BSL)

December 8, 2022 by

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To see the BSL translation of this article, thanks to Signly, please click on the signing hands icon at the […]

Calls for return of NHS earwax removal services as people use paper clips and toothpicks to clean ears (BSL)

November 30, 2022 by

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The Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) has called for earwax removal services to be made available again at […]

‘Grave concerns’ as child speech and language therapy waiting times in Northern Ireland increase by 87% in a year

November 7, 2022 by

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The number of children in Northern Ireland waiting for speech and language therapy (SLT) in April was almost 90% higher […]

NHS Trust poster advertises BSL services with ASL alphabet

October 15, 2022 by

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A British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting agency has apologised after a poster for communication services at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals (WAH) […]

NHS hearing aids ‘available to everyone’ in UK after North Staffordshire drops controversial restrictions

September 26, 2022 by

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Free NHS hearing aids are now available to anyone in the UK who needs them, after Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent’s […]