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A nurse from Staffordshire learns sign language to help deaf patient

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It's now part of daily life for many of us - struggling to work out what someone in a supermarket or at work is saying when they're wearing a face mask. 

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Gateshead mum created unique face mask to help D/deaf people communicate during lockdown:

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Action on Hearing Loss and RNIB have raised concerns about the accessibility of the daily Government briefing by people who are deaf or visually impaired. Read more here

A 60-year-old pharmacy worker has become the first deaf person on record to row an ocean 

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Parking Concessions for Patients and Visitors Guidance for Departments

Did you know if patients attend the hospital for treatment, they are eligible for a parking concession. 

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Deaf boy has IQ 'greater than Einstein'

A 12-year-old boy has joined Mensa after achieving 162 on an IQ test, a higher score than Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking.

Freeman Hospital

Volunteer, Judith Daniel attended Freeman Road Hospital in November 2018 and identified several of the LOOP systems were not in good working order; this was reported through the appropriate channels.

Following a revisit to Freeman Road Hospital in January 2019, this situation has now been rectified.