Wednesday, 30 April 2025

PQ: 30 April 2025

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2025-04-22.47012.h

Schools: Translation Services

Department for Education written question – answered at on 30 April 2025.

Rupert Lowe Independent, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to schools of translating materials for parents with limited English in the last 12 months.

Catherine McKinnell Minister of State (Education)

Each year, schools receive core funding from the department to cover their expenditures, which includes teacher salaries, support staff, school resources and other expenses.

The funding schools receive is not ringfenced for any specific form of expenditure and it is for each school to determine how this money will be best used to support their individual circumstances.

We do not hold any data on the cost of translation materials for parents.

Thursday, 24 April 2025

Prioritising healthcare communication in maternity care

https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/prioritising-healthcare-communication-in-maternity-care/189068/

Prioritising healthcare communication in maternity care

With a focus on maternity care, Maria Rowntree, Community Midwife Team Lead, explores why healthcare communication improvement must become a priority in NHS goals

Working as an NHS midwife, I’ve seen first hand how care experiences are affected when the person being cared for doesn’t speak or speaks limited English.

My research has indicated that pregnant people are 25 times more likely to die in NHS maternity care when they cannot speak English. Despite these harrowing statistics, very little is in place to help promote equitable care for these women.

Read more here: https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/prioritising-healthcare-communication-in-maternity-care/189068/