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No money, BSL Health Access is closing

The NHS has not committed any further funding for April 1st onwards, effectively closing the service of BSL Health Access.

One year on, 25,000 conversations later, what has BSL Health Access achieved?

SignHealth looks back at why we set up the service in response to the pandemic.

Kent Healthy Relationship Workshops

Deaf people living in Kent are invited to join our interactive healthy relationship workshops on Zoom!

SignVideo names SignHealth Charity of the Year

Support from SignVideo will help SignHealth to achieve our ambitious 3-year plans to expand their services to improve Deaf people’s health and wellbeing.

NHS 119 BSL

NHS 119 is available in British Sign Language (BSL) for Covid-19 tests and vaccinations.

SignHealth Impact Report 2019-20

We are so proud of all we have achieved with your support, thank you!

Coronavirus Impacts Report

At SignHealth we are worried that the Coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected the Deaf community, and that many of the issues we have faced may have been hidden. In August and September, SignHealth conducted a survey asking … Continued

BSL Health Access available at COVID-19 testing centres

Now you can communicate in British Sign Language while getting a test for Covid-19. Please download the InterpreterNow app before you visit the testing site. When you arrive at the testing site You will see … Continued

BSL access to NHS volunteer responders

NHS Volunteers can support you with picking up shopping, medication or other essential supplies while you shield at home. Contact them through an interpreter using BSL Health Access