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NHS Accessible Information Standard: find out what's changed in England
Blind and partially sighted people have a legal right to receive accessible health and care information and communication support, but far too often this right is not being turned into a reality.
Let us have our health information in a way we can read, say patients with sight loss
Blind and partially sighted people will continue to face serious risks to their safety because information received about their health isn’t accessible, unless the updated NHS England Accessible Information Standard is fully implemented, leading sight loss charity Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has warned.
Revvv It Up Festival set to become new family event of the year
The people of Dungiven and the surrounding areas are eagerly anticipating the return of the action-packed family festival roaring into Ballyguddin Road, Dungiven this 19 and 20 July.
What was the outcome of UK MPs final vote on the welfare bill?
It’s been a turbulent few weeks in Parliament, as the UK Government has brought forward its welfare bill, now re-named the Universal Credit Bill. The bill sought to significantly cut health and disability benefits but, thanks to disabled people’s relentless campaigning, we are in a much better place now than when the bill was first introduced.
Campaigning works: Tactile paving on train platforms completed across Britain
Five years after the tragic death of Cleveland Gervais, a man with sight loss who fell from a train platform that lacked tactile paving to warn him of the platform edge, the Department for Transport (DFT) has confirmed that it has completed a programme of installing tactile paving on all platforms across Great Britain.
Bangor Audiobook members create RNIB Talking Books legacy
Bangor Audiobook group are pleased to have now chosen the third RNIB Talking Book to add to the RNIB Library for users of the service across the UK and beyond to enjoy for decades to come. This follows a powerful fundraising campaign spearheaded by group leader Ken Carson, and volunteer sighted guide Pauline Canning, which raised a grand total of £4500.
Our verdict on the 10-Year Plan for the NHS
The UK Government released the long awaited 10-Year Plan to reform the National Health Service (NHS) in England.