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Plans for new British Sign Language GCSE move forward following consultation

By Eleanor Busby, Reporter21st December 2023Education & Training

Plans to offer a British Sign Language GCSE to pupils have moved forward after the subject content was finalised. Parents, teachers and the deaf and hearing communities took part in

Blind people put at risk by ‘inaccessible’ information about their health, charity warns

By Ella Pickover, Reporter16th May 2023News England

Blind people are being put “at risk” when the NHS provides them with “inaccessible” information about their health, a charity has warned. People with sight loss have missed appointments, cancer

‘Incredibly rewarding’ to improve lives, say speech and language therapists

By Beverley Rouse, Reporter5th April 2023New To Care

Speech and language therapy (SLT) is an “incredibly rewarding” job despite current challenges around staffing and waiting lists, two senior therapists have said. SLTs offer support to everyone from pre-term

Survey finds ‘alarming’ near one in four vacancies in speech and language therapy

By Beverley Rouse, Reporter5th April 2023News England

The chief executive of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) said it is “alarming” that a survey found almost one in four jobs are vacant across the

Concern over lack of progress supporting people with communication needs in NHS

By Ella Pickover, Reporter6th February 2023News England

Leading health charities have expressed concern over a lack of progress in ensuring communication rights for all people trying to access NHS services. A number of people are not able

Council agrees to review processes after visually impaired woman was left without social care

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter20th October 2022News England

Leicestershire County Council has agreed to improve how it prepares social care and support plans after a severely visually impaired woman was left without the day-to-day support she needed for

Engage: The magic of touch – how deafblind people taught us to ‘see’ the world differently during COVID

By Azadeh Emadi, University of Glasgow11th October 2022Engage

“As someone who is severely deaf and completely blind, I felt overnight I had lost a third sense, my sense of touch. To make matters worse, people around me faded

Blind cancer patient died after fall from balcony of assisted care flat, hearing told

By Ben Mitchell, Reporter6th September 2022News England

A blind cancer patient died after falling from the balcony of his flat in an assisted care complex, a pre-inquest review has heard. The body of Mark Williams was discovered

Support for patients with extra communication needs ‘worse since start of pandemic’

By Ella Pickover, Reporter25th July 2022News England

One in four patients who have extra communication needs, including deaf and blind people, have been “refused” communication support while accessing NHS care, a poll suggests. A survey of 605

New study identifies hearing loss and epilepsy as early signs of Parkinson’s disease

By Nina Massey, Reporter7th March 2022News England

Hearing loss and epilepsy have been identified as early signs of Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study that looked at the most diverse population to date. Queen Mary University

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Plans for new British Sign Language GCSE move forward following consultation

Blind people put at risk by ‘inaccessible’ information about their health, charity warns

‘Incredibly rewarding’ to improve lives, say speech and language therapists

Survey finds ‘alarming’ near one in four vacancies in speech and language therapy

Concern over lack of progress supporting people with communication needs in NHS

Engage: The magic of touch – how deafblind people taught us to ‘see’ the world differently during COVID

Blind cancer patient died after fall from balcony of assisted care flat, hearing told

Support for patients with extra communication needs ‘worse since start of pandemic’

New study identifies hearing loss and epilepsy as early signs of Parkinson’s disease

New record high number of children in poverty branded ‘source of national shame’

Welfare reform will push 250,000 into poverty, Government’s own assessment says

Peers demand tax hike safeguards as Government accused of ‘absence of humanity’

Councils being pushed to ‘financial brink’ amid £8bn funding gap, report warns

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Tag: Sensory Impairment

Plans for new British Sign Language GCSE move forward following consultation

Blind people put at risk by ‘inaccessible’ information about their health, charity warns

‘Incredibly rewarding’ to improve lives, say speech and language therapists

Survey finds ‘alarming’ near one in four vacancies in speech and language therapy

Concern over lack of progress supporting people with communication needs in NHS

Council agrees to review processes after visually impaired woman was left without social care

Engage: The magic of touch – how deafblind people taught us to ‘see’ the world differently during COVID

Blind cancer patient died after fall from balcony of assisted care flat, hearing told

Support for patients with extra communication needs ‘worse since start of pandemic’

New study identifies hearing loss and epilepsy as early signs of Parkinson’s disease