Groups with Special Needs
Some people may need extra help getting the information they want, perhaps because of language, mobility or physical challenges. This section provides links to support services for those people who may have additional support needs, including information on practice issues and guidance for those who may care for or work with people with additional support needs. We therefore feel this section will be useful for everyone, the general public, patients, carers or health professionals.
ASH Scotland: Older Adults
ASH Scotland's Tobacco and Inequalities project has targeted its work around the theme of older adults. For information on this work click here: ASH Scotland: Older Adults
ASH Scotland: Black and Ethnic Minority Communities
ASH Scotland's Tobacco and Inequalities project has targeted its work around the theme of black and ethnic minority communities. For information on this work click here: ASH Scotland: Black and Ethnic Minority Communities
BILD
The British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD) is committed to improving the quality of life for the 1.2 million people in the UK with a learning disability. We do this by influencing policy makers and other decision makers ; encouraging good practice among practitioners from a wide range of disciplines ; helping people with a learning disability take charge of their own lives and become part of an inclusive society. For more information on BILD click here: BILD
Cancer BACUP Audio Tape Service
From April, 17 titles from Cancerbackup's range of cancer information booklets and fact sheets will be available in audio tape free of charge to patients, their families and friends. Over the next two years 44 titles will be produced, more than doubling the number audio cancer resources currently available. For more information on Cancer BACUP's new Audio Tape service click here: Cancer BACUP Audio Tape Service
Cancer BACUP: Cancer In Your Language
CancerBACUP's freephone helpline can now give information and support to people affected by cancer in more than 100 languages - thanks to the launch of an interpreting service.
People whose first language is not English can contact the specialist cancer information nurses on Freephone 0808 800 1234, who will then link in a relevant interpreter. In a further innovation, the charity is the first in the country to launch 12 additional freephone lines specifically for speakers of the most common ethnic minority languages: Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, French, Greek, Gujerati, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese. These 12 languages alone cover 60-65 percent of British ethnic minority communities. Callers to these lines get straight through to an interpreter for their language who will link in a CancerBACUP nurse.
Numbers for the 12 additional freephone "direct to language" lines are:
Arabic 0808 800 0130
Bengali 0808 800 0131
Cantonese 0808 800 0132
French 0808 800 0133
Greek 0808 800 0134
Gujarati 0808 800 0135
Hindi 0808 800 0136
Polish 0808 800 0137
Punjabi 0808 800 0138
Turkish 0808 800 0139
Urdu 0808 800 0140
Vietnamese 0808 800 0141
For more information on Cancer BACUP's Cancer in Your Language service click here: Cancer BACUP: Cancer In Your Language
Deaf Connections.
Deaf Connections
works with both health professionals and members of the Deaf community to improve Deaf people's access to health services.
Deaf Connections provides awareness training and practical advice on making health information more "Deaf friendly" whilst providing a range of advice and information on a wide range of health issues to the Deaf community.
This link will take you to more information about the cancer work that Deaf Connections are involved in: Deaf Connections (Cancer)
Deafblind Scotland and Deafblind UK
Deafblind Scotland and Deafblind UK share a common vision:
A society in which deafblind people have the permanent support and recognition necessary to be equal citizens. Deafblind Scotland help deafblind people in Scotland live as rightful members of their own communities and to encourage and support contact between deafblind people and sighted hearing people. They liaise with health and social service providers to make appropriate assistance available to deafblind people in Scotland. For more information on Deafblind Scotland click here: Deafblind Scotland
ENABLE Scotland
ENABLE Scotland helps people by campaigning, providing services, supporting people to do things in new and innovative ways, and by helping children, young people and adults to have a say in the decisons which affect them. Most of all we make sure that children and adults with learning disabilities and their carers are at the heart of everything we do
Find out more about what we do and how you can get involved by clicking here : ENABLE Scotland
National Resource Centre for Ethnic Minority Health
NRCEMH is a unit of NHS Health Scotland and supports Scottish NHS Boards to develop their cultural competence in delivering health services to black and minority ethnic groups, to reduce inequalities and to improve the health of these communities. For more information on the cancer work of NRCEMH click here. National Resource Centre for Ethnic Minority Health
NeLH Specialist Library for Learning Disabilities
The aim of the NeLH Specialist Library for Learning Disabilities is to provide quick access to key documents and evidence for health professionals. Click here for more information: NeLH Specialist Library for Learning Disabilities
RNID
RNID provide information and resources for deaf and hard of hearing people, their families, friends and employers, and professionals. To find out about deafness and hearing loss, tinnitus, hearing aids, our latest products, accessible entertainment, and the Disability Discrimination Act, to practice sign language and fingerspelling with our interactive tools, and learn useful tips to help you communicate better click here: RNID
Sense Scotland
Sense Scotland is a leader in the field of communication and innovative support services for people who are marginalised because of challenging behaviour, health care issues and the complexity of their support needs.
It is a significant provider of services and also engages in policy development for children and adults with complex support needs because of deafblindness or sensory impairment, learning disability or physical disability. Click here for more information: Sense Scotland
Sign Language Interpreter Service: Glasgow City Council
Glasgow City Council, Social Work Services - Services for Deaf, Hearing Impaired and Deafblind People, Sign Language Interpreter Service. For more information click here: Sign Language Interpreter Service: Glasgow City Council
Social Work Services
North Lanarkshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council
Glasgow City Council
The Scottish Translation, Interpreting and Communication Forum Good Practice Guidelines
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/social/stic.pdf
