[wpvideo aC2M7j7X] When we use health and care services, we should all be given information to do this in a way we can easily read or understand with support. This is the law, since the Accessible Information Standard came into effect from 1st August 2016. Healthwatch Cambridgeshire want to know what’s really happening for people
Read MoreKnow your rights! New BSL interpreter request card launched
https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeshireDeaf/videos/984290794953302/ Access to healthcare can often be a nightmare for deaf people because so often the GP or hospital doesn’t book a qualified BSL interpreter. CDA have produced a card for deaf people to hand directly to reception staff or nurses or doctors so their rights to an interpreter under the law are clear. The
Read MoreBSL Healthy Minds coming to Peterborough and Cambridge Drop In
Deaf Health Charity Sign Health have been commissioned to provide BSL counselling services in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire and they’re coming to talk about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjdHTwAv29A You can come along to talks at both our Peterborough and Cambridge Drop In to find out more about how to access the service and why it is important. Peterborough
Read MoreFull transcript of NHS Deaf Health Forum in Peterborough
Here’s a full transcript of the CDA Peterborough Deaf Health Forum held last month. The feedback to NHS begins on page 8 and before that there is a comprehensive overview of the problems facing the NHS locally and an introduction from our Managing Director Andy Palmer. Here’s what some people at the forum had to
Read MoreAddenbrookes to be inspected in April – what are your views?
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=807551065960610 Addenbrooke’s hospital is being inspected by the Care Quality Commission this month and they want to know what you think. What are your experiences of Addenbrookes? There will be a public meeting with BSL interpreters on: Tuesday 21 April 6pm – 7.45pm Cambridge Rugby and Conference Centre, Volac Park, Grantchester Road, Cambridge CB3 9ED
Read MoreGet your tickets for Nursing Lives – a fascinating play without words in Cambridge
Vamos Theatre are bringing their latest full mask theatre show Nursing Lives to Mumford Theatre on the 9th and 10th March, 7.30pm. Like all our productions, Nursing Lives is wordless, telling its story through physical performance, creative design and visual inventiveness, and is highly accessible to theatre-goers who are deaf or have hearing loss. Nursing
Read MoreGive your views to the NHS about accessing out-of-hours GP Services at Fenland Drop-in
[wpvideo wjzv91GE] NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are consulting on the after-hours GP service, including the 111 number to call for advice if you feel ill outside of GP opening times. The NHS (CCG) in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough want your views. They want to know if you’ve had a good service or not or what you
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