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Deaf sector pulls together ahead of general election
Organisations concerned with deafness and hearing loss will be working collectively to influence the next government following agreement of a statement of common purpose. Organisations are now from all sectors are now being asked to become founder signatories and promote the statement. A campaign will be launched after the general election to raise awareness of […]
Read MoreNext Generation Text Service
Deaf Access to Communications (DAC) have issued the following press release: DAC PRESS RELEASE (pdf) PRESS RELEASE: 25 March 2015 NEXT GENERATION TEXT SERVICE Ofcom has fined BT £800,000 for failing to provide an improved text-to-voice service between April and September last year. The service, called ‘Next Generation Text Service’, helps users have more natural conversations […]
Read MoreBT fined over text relay
BT have been fined £800K by Ofcom for failing to provide the Next Generation Text Service within their deadline. Press Release, 17 March 2015 Ofcom has today fined BT £800,000 for failing to provide an improved text-to-voice service for its customers with hearing or speech impairments between April and September last year. The service, called […]
Read MorePlans to deny hearing aids to people in North Staffordshire
On Friday, the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) published the board papers for the meeting on 4 March. Agenda item 11 is to approve Hearing Loss Commissioning Policy and Eligibility Criteria. See http://www.northstaffsccg.nhs.uk/boardpapers. There are full details of the Commissioning Policy and Eligibility Criteria in the notes – please see pages 42 – 48. Action on Hearing Loss […]
Read MoreUK Council on Deafness welcomes Work and Pensions Committee focus on impact of Access to Work changes on deaf people
The UK Council on Deafness has welcomed the Work and Pensions Committee’s focus on the problems deaf people have faced due to the way Access to Work has been operating. The report of the Committee’s inquiry into the scheme, published this morning, specifically mentions how the application of the ’30 hour rule’ has threatened the […]
Read MoreA vision, mission and values for the deaf sector
A vision, mission and values for the deaf sector have been defined as part of UK Council on Deafness work to find a common purpose for the sector. They are the first parts of a statement that will be the basis for collective work by organisations concerned with deafness. The next step is to decide […]
Read MoreUK Council on Deafness welcomes changes to Access to Work
The UK Council on Deafness has welcomed the Minister for Disabled People’s announcement of immediate changes to Access to Work. David Buxton, chair of the UK Council on Deafness Access to Work group and chief executive of the British Deaf Association, said: “In particular, we are glad people will soon be able to contact Access […]
Read MoreUK Council on Deafness welcomes Minister’s commitment to improve Access to Work
The UK Council on Deafness has today welcomed the Minister for Disabled People’s commitment to improving the Access to Work scheme. In his evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into Access to Work, the Minister admitted recent changes to management of the scheme had been handled badly. He said efforts to manage the […]
Read MoreStop the cuts to NHS hearing aid services
Action on Hearing Loss are taking action in response to the proposed decommissioning by North Staffordshire CCG of hearing aid provision for people with mild or moderate age-related hearing loss, which many of you will have heard about. How can you help? There are three ways you can get involved right now to help us […]
Read MorePRESS RELEASE
We are pleased to announce the launch on 1st October 2012 of the UKCoD’s special interest group named Deaf Access to Communications (DAC).
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