Improving Access to Psychological Therapies

BSMHD and SignHealth have been advising the Department of Health Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme to ensure that the services being developed are accessible to deaf people. BSMHD has been represented on the IAPT BME SIG and welcomes the inclusion of specific advice to PCTs on the needs of culturally deaf people in the recently published Commissioning IAPT for the Whole Community Best Practice Guidance (Department of Health November 2008). Further details about IAPT.

 

Standards for Mental Health Services working with Deaf patients

Standards for Mental Health Services working with Deaf patients have been developed to support the national mental health standards. They are designed to ensure that Deaf patients are treated with respect. Most of them concentrate on communication and culture.

• Standards for Mental Health Services working with Deaf patients (word doc)

 

 

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