RNID responds to the BSL Advisory Board’s Health and Social Care Report 2025, which highlights the barriers deaf and deafblind people face in accessing healthcare and sets out clear recommendations for change.
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There are two key opportunities to influence how support works for people who are deaf or have hearing loss: apply to join the Timms Review Steering Group on PIP, and take part in our upcoming Access to Work survey.
On 13 November, RNID hosted the Hearing Therapeutics Summit 2025, uniting global experts, investors, and industry leaders to accelerate treatments for hearing loss and tinnitus. Read our summary of the event.
Our response to The Kingdon Review. Director of Strategy, Crystal Rolfe, looks at how this crisis emerged, the findings of the review and asks what should happen in adult audiology services as a result.
Celebrity Tasha Ghouri joined MPs and deaf organisations at Westminster to call for urgent action on deaf inclusion. Hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness, the event celebrated Deaf culture and highlighted the barriers still faced in education, employment and healthcare.
By January 2027, the UK’s old copper landline network will be switched off and replaced with Digital Voice, which uses your broadband instead of the traditional phone lines. Find out more.
Kate was forced to tell her dad he had cancer - because no interpreter was provided. Her story reveals the devastating impact of healthcare barriers on deaf people and their families.
RNID’s Technology Lead, Alastair Moore, explains how you can use your existing hearing devices to access Auracast for an improved listening experience.
Ten years ago, we launched Subtitle It! to demand equal access to media for deaf people and those with hearing loss. A decade on, we’re celebrating the progress made - from new legislation to improved subtitling.
Over 3,000 elite deaf athletes from 80 countries are competing at the Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo, marking the events 25th anniversary.