Accessing services in Devon: Feedback from the Deaf community

Report - 19 September 2022

In 2022, Healthwatch in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay held a series of meetings with the South West representative of the Royal Association for Deaf People to discuss various concerns that were being raised around access to British Sign Language (BSL) qualified interpreters. These concerns include:

• Interpreters to support appointments in hospital and GP surgeries
• Interpreters to support complaints process
• Access to information

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