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    Original Feedback for Specsavers Opticians (King's Lynn, Hardwick Road):


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    Deaf refused an interpreter

    As. Deaf patient whose first language is BSL, it is my right under the Equality Act to have a BSL Interpreter, the NHS Accessible Information Standards also states my preferred language should be used Specsavers refuse to get a BSL Interpreter in. They insist on using a virtual interpreter via an iPad. So while my eyes were being tested they had another member of staff holding an iPad up, their arms ached so then the iPad slid out of my view. The interpreter on screen couldn’t see because of the lighting and I couldn’t see them either. Changing focus from my eye test to squinting at an iPad cross the room gave me an awful headache. Specsavers refuse to meet my needs. Impossible. I have a friend writing this for mad as I use Sign Language.

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