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June 4, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Comments Off on Deaf News: Deaf man allegedly given ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ order without his consent following “communication difficulties”

A Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) user from Scotland was allegedly handed a ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ (DNR) order by NHS […]

April 8, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Deaf people looking to communicate with health professionals when receiving their COVID-19 jab can now do so through the InterpreterNow […]

March 22, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

BSL Health Access, which allows Deaf sign language signers to use a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter to contact medical […]

February 17, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Comments Off on Deaf News: Daughter forced to interpret father’s terminal cancer diagnosis in NHS communication breakdown

A Deaf woman has shared her story after her hearing daughter had to interpret her own father’s diagnosis of terminal […]

July 7, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

Comments Off on Deaf News: Bristol NHS Nightingale Hospital responds to Makaton controversy

Bristol’s NHS Nightingale Hospital has confirmed that their use of Makaton is “solely as a staff to staff communication mechanism”, […]

June 6, 2019 by Liam O'Dell

Around 95% of NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England do not have the “basic minimum pieces of information” needed […]

April 23, 2019 by Liam O'Dell

A new medical procedure which enables some deaf children to hear for the first time is to be made routinely […]

February 10, 2015 by Editor

Jackie Ashley, daughter of the late deaf politician and campaigner Lord Jack Ashley, has written an article for the Guardian […]

January 8, 2015 by Editor

Yesterday, I was picked up by Ambulance Transport at 7.15am for an appointment at Manchester Royal Infirmary at 8.55am. I […]

December 10, 2014 by Editor

Last year, Geraldine Rooney hit the headlines when she achieved her dream of becoming a nurse twenty years after being […]