Our Director for Insight and Policy, Victoria Boelman, explains RNID’s involvement in the inquiry and sets out what we are hoping to achieve.
Campaigns
In this blog RNID’s Policy and Campaigns Lead, Rob Geaney, looks at the items included in the King’s Speech which are relevant to RNID’s influencing work and sets out what it could mean for our people who are deaf or have a hearing loss.
Today, we saw the new Prime Ministers start his new term of office by knowingly excluding thousands of deaf people across the UK.
RNID is elated to see that the Media Bill has finally been passed with binding quotas for the provision of access services including subtitles and signed content set out in legislation.
This week Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, launched their updated Best Practice Guidelines on Access Services and TV Access Services Code.
10 Downing Street pledges to ensure that future major press conferences from the Prime Minister include an in-person British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation.
TV personality Jamie Laing opens up about his journey with tinnitus.
A new report from RNID has exposed the postcode lottery of NHS ear wax removal services in England. We're demanding this change in our new ear wax removal campaign.
Helen became desperate to get her hearing back and, with no NHS ear wax removal service in her area, had to pay for private removal.
The Scottish Government has responded to the Independent National Review of Audiology Services, setting out the initial steps it will take to improve the provision of these vital services across Scotland.