One year on, 25,000 conversations later, what has BSL Health Access achieved? SignHealth looks back at why we set up the service in response to the pandemic. In March 2020, as lockdown came into effect and services across the country switched to phone consultations, Deaf people needed a solution fast to address new barriers to healthcare in the UK. As a result, SignHealth launched a free on-demand 24/7 remote interpreting service, using our reserves of up to £800,000 called BSL Health Access, ww

Need to be tested for Coronavirus at a testing site? Now you can communicate with staff in sign language using BSL Health Access. More information at signhealth.org.uk/announcement/bsl-health-access-available-at-covid-19-testing-centres/ | The Deaf Health Charity SignHealth