NHS: Translation Services
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and (b) Lincolnshire Community Health Services spent on (i) translation and (ii) interpretation services in each of the last five years.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The following table shows the amount of money United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust spent on translation and interpretation services each of the last five financial years:
Year | Total spend |
2019/20 | £158,395.00 |
2020/21 | £127,235.96 |
2021/22 | £162,501.32 |
2022/23 | £204,008.60 |
2023/24 | £248,547.00 |
In addition, the following table shows the amount of money Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five financial years:
Year | Total spend |
2019/20 | £34,638 |
2020/21 | £43,790 |
2021/22 | £56,512 |
2022/23 | £71,885 |
2023/24 | £42,692 |
During the COVID-19 pandemic, spend on translation and interpretation services reduced due to the reduction in planned activity across the providers’ sites. Since then, providers have significantly increased the number of patients they see and treat, which has resulted in increased interpretation and translation costs.
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