Deaf people often struggle to access healthcare services, which can have a detrimental effect on their health. The Accessible Information Standard identifies that services need to ask everyone referred to them about communication needs and meet those needs. For the Deaf community, meeting communication needs requires more than just ensuring a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter is present at appointments.
Mental Health Practice. 20, 6, 24-26. doi: 10.7748/mhp.2017.e1178
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Conflict of interestNone declared
Received: 12 May 2016
Accepted: 09 September 2016
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