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Health boards in Wales are breaching the law by not providing accessible services for the deaf and hard of hearing, the BBC has learned.
The seven health boards should have published policies about improving access to services in December.
The director of Action on Hearing Loss Cymru said they were not meeting legal obligations from the Equality Act.
But the health boards said they were striving to improve access for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Meanwhile, a separate report shows that 90% of GPs in Wales are failing to provide reasonable alternative methods for deaf people to book appointments.
The Equality Act 2010 says that if someone is at a substantial disadvantage of accessing services because of a disability, reasonable adjustments must be made to allow access.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21281708
The seven health boards should have published policies about improving access to services in December.
The director of Action on Hearing Loss Cymru said they were not meeting legal obligations from the Equality Act.
But the health boards said they were striving to improve access for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Meanwhile, a separate report shows that 90% of GPs in Wales are failing to provide reasonable alternative methods for deaf people to book appointments.
The Equality Act 2010 says that if someone is at a substantial disadvantage of accessing services because of a disability, reasonable adjustments must be made to allow access.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21281708