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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

First this not racially motivated before folk throw hands up shouting racist which to be honest does not bother me.

Found out today re in laws who can speak perfect english had a medical appointnent and requested an interpretor.

This unjustified type costs nhs and other bodies millions a year and should not be employed unless very clear the person cannot understand english.

In nutshell waste of piblic finances we are told are scarce.

Folk for example nhs staff etc are scared of saying we know your english is perfectly clear and refuse use of interpretors but are fearful of being called racist this is a crazy situation.

Money saved could be used to emokoy nurses and the like.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Are you saying your in laws requested an interpreter when they spoke English anyway? Don't understand the point being made.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Are you saying your in laws requested an interpreter when they spoke English anyway? Don't understand the point being made. "

Perhaps it was that they couldn't understand the doctor's English - it does happen quite a lot. The sad fact is, that doctors' training in the UK costs 7 times more than in India, for example, and fewer and fewer people are able to afford the fees. It used to be that physicians had to do an NHS conversion course when they came here to work, but that was dropped several years ago. The English language requirements are really quite basic.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Point is millions spent employing interoretors that in lots cases are not needed just folk playing me speak no english crap.

Money can be used to employ more nurses as example.

in laws born n bred here but try the speak no english crap thats my point.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think the point the OP is making is that people who can speak English to a relatively good level are wasting the NHS budget by asking for interpreters.

Perhaps many people ask for interpreters based on their confidence (or lack of) in speaking English.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why not make them bring their own or charge for the service.

Its only the treatment that is free at point of need, other countries manage it quite well.

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By *anchestercubMan
over a year ago

manchester & NI

A lot of money can be saved from many different places within public expenditure.

Why this one small example out of so many?

I don't know enough of the facts to be sure that people without English as a first language do actually insist on an interpretor in every case or if it is offered to them or requested on behalf of the staff.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"Point is millions spent employing interoretors that in lots cases are not needed just folk playing me speak no english crap.

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your basing that on your own in laws behaviour..?

also why not speak to them, find out why they do so..?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As someone with a high level of Spanish, and having lived in Spain, I have to say, if I were talking to a doctor about a serious medical issue, I'd prefer to have a translator on hand.

No matter how good your level in another language, there will always be things you can miss, especially if you feel nervous, worried, etc., as could very well be the case when talking to a doctor.

It may be that people think "better safe than sorry" in these situations.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"also why not speak to them, find out why they do so..?"

Surely they xan explain their logic and reasoning?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Are you saying your in laws requested an interpreter when they spoke English anyway? Don't understand the point being made.

Perhaps it was that they couldn't understand the doctor's English - it does happen quite a lot. The sad fact is, that doctors' training in the UK costs 7 times more than in India, for example, and fewer and fewer people are able to afford the fees. It used to be that physicians had to do an NHS conversion course when they came here to work, but that was dropped several years ago. The English language requirements are really quite basic."

How basic is quite basic?

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Ask your in-laws seems to be the obvious answer to this.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum


"also why not speak to them, find out why they do so..?

Surely they xan explain their logic and reasoning?"

Exactly. What's the most likely scenario - someone who can speak perfect English asks for an interpreter for shits and giggles, or someone who struggles to understand someone else askes for an interpreter for a very good reason? A reason us, the denizens of Fab, would not know.

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

It's a bit of a problem in hospitals where an interpreter gets paid for an hour or two + some travelling time but its a lot worse in court where it can be 5-6 hours a day for the duration of the trial.

There's also the issue of BSL interpreters.

I've heard it said - no evidence - that patients 'requiring' an interpreter do so cos it puts money into their community, some of which is fed back to the patient.

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