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There isn’t good data on how much the NHS spends on translators

Full Fact   /   Analysis and Comment   /   14 April 2019

A 2012 report based on FOIs found that NHS trusts (that responded) spent £23.3m on translation services in 2010/11. We don’t have recent or complete figures for how much the NHS has spent on translators because no one collects that information. We can’t find a reliable source for the 128 languages figure.

Beware of fraudsters

Name withheld   /   Opinions and Concerns   /   27 March 2019

I would like to share my experience with a fraudulent request for a document translation, to prevent colleagues falling into a trap.

Whistleblowing – a defamation complaint may amount to a protected disclosure

Clyde & Co   /   Analysis and Comment   /   21 March 2019

This case is a reminder that a whistleblowing claim will fail where the worker has made a disclosure purely in their own self-interest – a protected disclosure must also have wider implications, affecting other people, and be regarded as in the public interest, for the worker to be protected as a 'whistleblower'.

Private Eye follows up

Private Eye   /   Analysis and Comment   /   06 February 2019

Good news some interpreters do their job properly. 


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