Vaccination support for blind and partially sighted people

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Dear NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group,

I am writing to you about the Covid-19 vaccination programme being led by your Clinical Commissioning Group and how you are supporting blind and partially sighted people to access the programme.

Please could you answer the following questions under the Freedom of Information Act:

1) Are you ensuring information sent to a visually impaired person about vaccine appointments or provided to them at a vaccination centre is available in an accessible format such as large print and braille? If yes, how?

2) Are you providing clear information on the location of vaccine centres, such as public transport options and alternatives for blind and partially sighted people? If yes, how?

3) Are you making sure that vaccination venues have clear signage and good levels of lighting to enable blind and partially sighted people to access them? If yes, how?

4) Are you ensuring staff and volunteers at vaccination centres are trained to provide support to people with sight loss, such as providing verbal or sighted guiding where necessary? If yes, how?

5) Are you aware of and using the sight loss sector guidance on vaccine rollout which is available here: https://www.sightlosscouncils.org.uk/wp-... If yes, how have you used this?

Yours faithfully,

Mike Bell
Senior Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager
Thomas Pocklington Trust

FOI (NHS SALFORD CCG), NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group

Dear Mike,

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. This has been logged and given the reference number FOI/1221/2021.

Should the CCG hold the information that you have requested, we would respectfully ask you not to publish this on any website or in any other publications where:
•a charge may be made to access it,
•or subscription is charged to access the site.
NHS Salford CCG hold the copyright for any information it produces and would not be prepared to authorise its re-use where a charge is made. This is in accordance with the provisions of the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information Team
NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group

Salford Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
Salford
M27 5AW
0161 212 4960

[email address]
www.salfordccg.nhs.uk

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FOI (NHS SALFORD CCG), NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group

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Hi Mike

Please see response to your request.

Regards

Freedom of Information Team
NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group

Salford Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
Salford
M27 5AW
0161 212 4960

[email address]
www.salfordccg.nhs.uk

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