NHS England has produced a briefing about the Standard for Accessible Information which CfGS is circulating via its newsletter and networks. The Accessible Information Standard was published in July 2015, following approval as a new ‘information standard’ for the NHS and adult social care system. The Standard directs and defines a specific, consistent approach to identifying, recording, flagging, sharing and meeting individuals’ information and communication support needs, where those needs relate to a disability, impairment or sensory loss. All providers of NHS care and/or publicly-funded adult social care must follow the Standard in full from 1st August 2016 onward (in ...
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