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West Suffolk Hospital


No Deaf awareness or Accessible Information S

Deaf man in ward for two weeks and staff didn’t get a British Sign Language Interpreter in. Wife had outpatient appointments and staff didn’t call for interpreter. This is clearly a requirement under the AIS, it is appalling to ignore a Deaf patient's communication needs. This is not equality