Cost of Interpreters
Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House
of Commons at 12:00 am on 5th July 2016.
David Davies
Chair, Welsh Affairs Committee 12:00 am, 5th July 2016
What the cost to the public purse was in 2015-16 of
providing interpreters for people using the NHS who did not speak English.
George
Freeman The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and
Skills, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
Until now, data on NHS foreign language translation
and interpretation have not been gathered centrally, but I am delighted to say
that, as a result of the representations of my hon. Friend and other
colleagues, we have changed that, and NHS England is now conducting a major
piece of work looking at both commissioning and provider organisations’
expenditure as part of a procurement review. It is worth saying that in view of
the importance of effective communication in good diagnosis, informed consent,
safeguarding and public health, it is in all our interests that all our
patients understand what the doctors and clinicians are saying to them.
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