Sight loss and hearing loss among nursing and care staff often go unspoken. What employers and registered managers can notice, ask and change, drawing on Skills for Care, NHS Employers and NHS England data.
Missed instructions, silence in meetings and avoided phone calls can look like disengagement. Sometimes it is hearing loss. What HR and occupational health teams should ask before anything formal.
An audible alarm only works if the person can hear it. What health and safety, HR and occupational health teams should check for employees who are deaf or have hearing loss.
The Health Adjustment Passport belongs to the employee, but how an employer responds decides whether it helps. What HR and occupational health teams should do.
Applications to Access to Work can wait months for a decision. What happens to an employee with sight loss or hearing loss in the meantime, and what employers can do now.
