Lack of sign language interpreters ‘a threat to life’, TikToker’s inquest told

A lack of sign language interpreters for deaf people in medical need is a “breach of human rights and a threat to life”, an inquest has heard.

Penelope Schofield, the senior coroner for West Sussex who is hearing the resumed inquest into the death of deaf TikTok star Imogen Nunn, said the phrase was used in a report she has received as various institutions struggle with a shortage of British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters.