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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

Teenager asked by NHS staff to tell his deaf mother her father was dying, damning report finds

A teenager was forced to tell his deaf mother that her father might die because the NHS did not have an interpreter, a damning report has found.

Grandfather Alan Graham, 75, who was born deaf and used British Sign Language (BSL), was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham after a fall in June 2021.

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