ASLI releases Guidelines Communication Professionals working in Healthcare Settings

June 24, 2020

Association of Sign Language Interpreters (ASLI) have produced 2 documents – (1) guidelines for communication professionals working in healthcare settings during COVID-19 and (2) guidelines for organisations booking communication professionals in those settings during COVID-19.

The documents are publicly available on the ASLI website:

https://asli.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Best-Practice-for-Communication-Professionals-during-Covid-19-Final.pdf

https://asli.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Best-Practice-for-Booking-Interpreters-in-Healthcare-settings-during-Covid-19-FINAL.pdf

These documents were produced in collaboration with ASLI’s Deaf Interpreter Network (DIN), the Royal Association of Deaf people (RAD), SignHealth Charity and the British Society for Mental Health and Deafness (BSMHD) and with contributions from the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (WASLI) and the National Register of Communication Professionals Working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD).