Sign and the Mental Health Foundation charities launch new guide to improve health and social care services for deaf people with mental health needs
30 November 2005
In response to ‘Towards Equity and Access, the Best Practice Guidance on mental health and deafness’ published earlier this year by the National Institute for Mental Health in England and the Department of Health, two charities have joined forces to launch a Service Provider’s Guide to improve health and social care services for deaf people with mental health needs.
Sign and the Mental Health Foundation have designed Mental Health and Deafness: Addressing Basic Rights for service providers in the voluntary and statutory sectors, to raise awareness of the basic rights of deaf people when accessing mental health services. It aims to help providers implement the additional measures called for in Towards Equity and Access. The Guide includes a Deaf Mental Health Charter for endorsement by service providers.
For further information go to Mental Health Foundation
Source: News Release, 24 November 2005
