Important information about Swine Flu
Below are a number of links of support accessible for people with disabilities or with English as a second language.
The alternative formats (16 languages in simple PDF version, large print, and audio) were posted on the Directgov website on Tuesday 5 May (www.direct.gov.uk
/en/Swineflu/News/DG_177995).
Hard copy audio CDs, Braille sheet, and large print formats are available to order and take up to a week to deliver depending on demand. Hard copies of ten translations are available to order (including Welsh/English bilingual, Polish, Bengali, Chinese, Urdu, Arabic, Punjabi, Gujarati, Somali, French) and take up to a week to deliver, depending on demand.
An ‘easy read’ version of the leaflet is available online at www.dh.gov.uk/en/
Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_098685. DH will be printing a small quantity and distributing them to voluntary organisations who work with people with learning disabilities.
The leaflet has been translated into Welsh and can be found at wales.gov.uk/
topics/health/protection/communicabledisease/swine/?skip=1&lang=cy.
The NHS Choices website has a section on Important information about swine flu aimed at the public which can be found at www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pandemic-flu/Pages
/Introduction.aspx and also contains Swine Flu Q&As at www.nhs.uk/Conditions/
Pandemic-flu/Pages/QA.aspx
DH also published a leaflet on their website for the public titled Swine Flu: From Containment to Treatment. This document sets out in more detail the approach to managing the pandemic to date, what a treatment phase means, and what this new approach means for people with swine flu.
The leaflet can be found at www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Flu/Swineflu/
InformationandGuidance/index.htm.
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