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  • NHSScotland Competency Framework for Interpreting

    • 22 Oct 2020
    • Guidance
    • Right to health
    • Public health

    This framework gives clear and simple guidance for those working with patients with preferred communication other than spoken English. It will help NHS staff, interpreting pro...

  • Working with British Sign Language (BSL) users in primary care

    • 22 Oct 2020
    • Guidance
    • Primary care
    • Right to health
    • Public health

    This guidance outlines good communication practices for GPs and the wider practice team when working with BSL users. Many of the principles apply to all those affected by deaf...

  • Interpreting, communication support and translation national policy

    • 22 Oct 2020
    • Guidance
    • Right to health
    • Public health

    This policy ensures that NHSScotland has a clear, consistent and fair approach to the provision of information and communication support for all. The policy includes both inte...

  • Implementing the right to health

    • 11 Sep 2018
    • Event document
    • Right to health

    Paper on implementing the right to health produced specifically for the Public Health England annual conference 2018...

  • Human rights and the right to health

    • 09 Dec 2016
    • Inequality briefing
    • Right to health

    This is the 7th in our series of inequality briefings. It is about the right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. It sets out what the right...

  • The right to health: Tackling inequalities

    • 26 May 2016
    • Guidance
    • Right to health

    This is an information resource about health inequalities and how unfair and avoidable differences are in people's health across social groups and between different population...