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Health Services: Interpreters

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 26776

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS-funded interpreter bookings resulted in patient non-attendance in each of the last three years; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce costs arising from patient non-attendance where an interpreter has been booked.

Answered by Department of Health and Social Care

The requested information is not centrally held by the Department.

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