
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8878
Date Request Received: 29/08/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 29/09/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Translation and Interpreting Services
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: This is an information request relating to nhs translators Please include the following information for the following financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25: Trust’s overall spending on Translation and Interpreting Services | |
| Answer To Question 1: 22-23 £34k 23-24 £23k 24-25 £46k | |
| Question Number 2: Total translators employed by the Trust | |
| Answer To Question 2: No translators are employed by the Trust. | |
| Question Number 3: The hourly pay for in-house interpreters | |
| Answer To Question 3: No in-house interpreters. | |
| Question Number 4: What languages do they cover | |
| Answer To Question 4: N/A | |
| Question Number 5: Total number of in-person/face to face interpreting sessions booked (break down by language and clinical area) | |
| Answer To Question 5: 22-23 - dont have this data - old system 23-34 - 24 F2F bookings 24-25 - 9 F2F bookings | |
| Question Number 6: How many appointments or procedures have had to be rescheduled/cancelled due to interpreter | |
| Answer To Question 6: We do not record this information. | |
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Our staff at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hospital have long been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment they provide for our patients and for their innovation, commitment and professionalism. This has been recognised in a wide range of achievements and it is reflected in our award of NHS Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.