A workshop drawing together clinicians and experts in suicide prevention across Thames Valley and Wessex will be hosted by NHS England and NHS Mental Health Service providers* on World Suicide Day on Tuesday 10 September. During the workshop, attendees will hear from family members who will talk about the loss of a loved one who […]
Home Learning disabilities Learning disabilities news Learning disabilities news NHS invests £5 million to improve care for people with a learning disability 21 May 2019 – 11:47 The NHS has today announced that an additional £5 million will fund reviews to improve care for people with a learning disability and committed to renewed national action […]
An Information Standard is a formal guidance document which health and social care organisations must follow by law. The accessible information standard tells organisations how they should ensure that disabled patients / service users and, where appropriate, carers and parents, receive information in formats that they can understand, and that they receive appropriate support to […]
As outlined in the Implementation Plan, a range of advice, guidance and tools to support effective implementation of the standard will be published over the coming months: SCCI1605 Accessible Information Terminology (as at 15.04.16) Reports from organisations that piloted the draft Accessible Information Standard Accessible Info Std Pilot Report Berkshire NHS FT Word document and PDF […]
Below you will find a full list of all organisations who were certified until 31 July 2019 under The Information Standard former assessment and certification scheme. These organisations may continue to use the quality mark on their existing products developed up to 31 July 2019 under their certified process and the quality mark may remain […]
This has been prepared to support applicable and interested organisations to effectively assess, monitor and / or assure their own, and others’, implementation of and ongoing conformance with SCCI1605 Accessible Information – referred to as ‘the Accessible Information Standard’ or ‘the Standard’. ‘Applicable organisations’ are those to which the Standard applies (i.e. with specific requirements […]
Hearing from those who use a service can help such services to improve and develop more so. Below are some of case studies submitted from our trial schemes to help share best practice and show how Liaison and Diversion (L&D) services can change lives. We would like to get more case studies from L&D services […]
Factsheets and clarifying notes Clarifying notes The content of previously published ‘clarifying notes’ is included in the revised (v1.1) version of the Implementation Guidance for the Standard. Factsheets Identifying information and communication needs Recording information and communication needs Flagging information and communication needs Sharing information and communication needs Meeting information and communication needs Top Implementation […]
Number of people with hearing loss of at least 25 dBHL in each CCG area, using 2014 ONS estimates.
Number of people with hearing loss of at least 25 dBHL in each Local Authority area in the UK, using 2014 ONS estimates.