NHS ‘routinely failing’ deaf patients in England, report finds
RNID survey finds half of sign language users did not understand diagnoses – some terminal – or how their treatment workedDeaf patients face systemic discrimination when it comes to learning about their own health due to NHS failings, with some not understanding that they might have a terminal illness, according to a damning report.The study by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) accuses the NHS of “routinely failing” deaf people. Continue reading...

RNID survey finds half of sign language users did not understand diagnoses – some terminal – or how their treatment worked
Deaf patients face systemic discrimination when it comes to learning about their own health due to NHS failings, with some not understanding that they might have a terminal illness, according to a damning report.
The study by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) accuses the NHS of “routinely failing” deaf people. Continue reading...