Thursday, 21 November 2024

PQ: 21 November 2024

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General Practitioners: Translation Services

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 21 November 2024.

Rupert Lowe Reform UK, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost was for (a) translation and (b) interpretation services incurred by GPs in each of the last 10 years.

Karin Smyth Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department does not hold this information centrally.

 

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2024-11-14.14376.h

Health Services: Translation Services

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 21 November 2024.

Rupert Lowe Reform UK, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department has on the number of (a) GP and (b) outpatient appointments conducted in a language other than English and British Sign Language, broken down by total number of appointments conducted per language.

Karin Smyth Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department does not hold this information centrally.

 

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2024-11-14.14378.h

NHS: Translation Services

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 21 November 2024.

Rupert Lowe Reform UK, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list all the languages excluding English and British Sign Language that are translated in the NHS.

Karin Smyth Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The National Health Service is able to send out reminder letters to patients in 24 languages, which are available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/services/e-referral-service/language-options-for-e-rs-reminder-letters

The NHS is also able to provide information about data choices in 11 languages, which are available at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters/different-languages-and-formats/

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