Communication Unlimited is available out of hours and staff in the Accident and Emergency departments of all Derbyshire hospitals can contact us for support.
If you or the Deaf patient are in hospital without access to a BSL interpreter, please ask staff to contact Communication Unlimited’s out of hours mobile phone or you can text us on 07432891697
Deaf people have a legal right to request a NRCPD registered British Sign Language Interpreter in any healthcare setting – GP surgery, hospital, dentist, clinic – to assist with communication needs.
Really it is the health provider’s responsibility to book and pay for the interpreter, not the deaf patient’s.
