See below for resources for deaf individuals and those support and working with deaf individuals

Healthcare resources

Working as a deaf clinician

 

Dr Natasha Wilcock- Hear My Concerns- Understanding what it is like to work as a deaf doctor

 

Dr Natasha Wilcock- TEDxNHS 2024- Moving beyond deaf awareness to deaf insight

 

Dr Justine Durno- A Deaf Doctor’s Journey

 

Covid-19 and deaf healthcare workers- The BMJ

 

Comparison of stethoscopes which can be used with hearing aids/ cochlear implants

 

How can I support my deaf or hard of hearing colleague?- The BMJ

 

Accessible Information Standard (AIS) and Reasonable Adjustments Digital Flag

 

NHS Accessible Information Standard

 

NHS Accessible Information Standard- Easy Read

 

NHS Accessible Information Standard- For deaf people

 

NHS Reasonable Adjustments Flag

 

Reports and research

Locked out: Exclusion of deaf and deafblind BSL users from health and social care in the UK

RNID- The Fight for Accessible Healthcare

BMA- Report into the experience of doctors who are disabled, neurodivergent or have a long term health condition

Palliative care resources

Hospice UK- Ensuring deaf people have access to equitable hospice care

General healthcare resources

Disability Plus- Specialist counselling and psychotherapy for deaf people/ CODAs

 

999 BSL

BSL Guide- How to access NHS 111

 

Macmillan Deaf cancer support project

 BSL Guide to Making a complaint to the NHS

 

Resources to support children and young people

 

Remark! Charity supporting deaf people including children and young people in London

 

Deaf inclusion in Girlguiding

 

Deaf inclusion in swimming clubs

 

General resources

 

Deaf Access To Work

 

National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD)

Lipspeaker UK

List of Deaf clubs in the UK

Deaf access in sports