Wednesday, 21 February 2018

"assessments without an interpreter"

https://www.careappointments.co.uk/care-news/england/item/43365-young-offender-could-have-been-saved-if-staff-had-responded-to-emergency-bell-report 
21 February 2018

[…] The PPO report also found Wandsworth had failed to communicate effectively with Mr Pagirys.
Staff at the prison had repeatedly found that the Lithuanian, who struggled with English, was not suffering from mental health problems during assessments without an interpreter, the PPO said.
But when assessed using a translator, a GP agreed to prescribe him with antidepressants and sleeping pills. […]

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