Reply from Papworth Hospital NHS Trust about how much it spent in interpreters and translation:

Thank you for your request for information made under provision of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Trust is happy to provide you with the following information.

Cost of interpreting services for 2007/08 was £21,145.37.

Updated figure: £ 7,763,653

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Reply from Whittington Hospital NHS Trust to my request for information about how much it spent on interpreters and translation:

Thank you for your request for information about the total value spent in interpreters and translation by The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust in the calendar year 2008.
I am writing to confirm that the Department of Finance has now completed its search for the information you have requested. It has dealt with your request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The total value spent on interpreters and translation in the calendar year 2008 was £114,210.

If you have any queries about this mail, please contact me.

Updated figure: £ 6,539,520

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This is the reply from Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust to my request for information about how much it spent on interpreters and translation services:

Thank you for your request dated 12th March 2009.

We are pleased to provide the information you requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

For the year 2008 the Trust spent a total of £30,442.04 on interpreters and translations.

If you need any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us at the address above.

Updated Figure: £ 6,403,849

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The reply from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust to my enquiry about how much it spent on interpreters and translation services:

I refer to your email in which you requested information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please find to follow the information as requested:

In 2007/08 Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust spent £14,546.81 on interpreting services.

If I can be of any further assistance to you please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Updated figure: £ 6,067,688

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This is the information available on the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals’ website about how much they spent on interpreters and translation services:

Question 1. How much has the Trust spent on interpreting services in each of the past two financial years?

2. I would also like to see a breakdown of names and amounts paid to contractors who provide these services to the Trust.

Response 1.

2005/06 – £81,000
2006/07 – £85,000
2007/08 – £97,000
2008/09 – £93,000

2. 2006/07 – This information is not readily available due to a change of computer system. We can confirm that the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust holds information that falls within the description specified in your request. However, we estimate that it will cost more than the appropriate limit to consider your request. The appropriate limit is specified in regulations and is set at £450 for a NHS Foundation Trust.

The appropriate limit represents the estimated cost of one person spending two and a half days in determining whether the Trust holds the information, and locating, retrieving and extracting the information. Consequently, the Trust is not obliged by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond to this element of your request (see section 12(1))
However, we have narrowed the scope of the request and have provided information for the financial year 2007/08:

Cintra = £63,000
Language Line = £2,000
Intran = £32,000 (via consortium arrangement with Norfolk County Council)
Note: The Trust participates in a public sector collaborative purchasing scheme for purchasing translation services. The partnership, Intran, is hosted by Norfolk County Council.

Intran Partnership Agreement

Updated figure: £ 4,416,193 (the figure include only the expenditure for the year 2007/08)

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This is the response from Ipswich Hospital to my FoI request asking how much it spent on interpreters and translation services:

Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding information held by The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust:

How much this trust spent in interpreters and translation in 2008?

Your enquiry has been dealt with in accordance with the Trust’s Freedom of Information Act 2000 Policy and Procedures. We are pleased to enclose the information you requested:

£16,000

Updated figure: £ 4,266,976

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Below is the reply from Trafford Primary Care Trust to my request under the FoI Act about how much they spent on  interpreters and translation services:

I am writing with regards to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

How much the trust spent in interpreters and translation in 2008?

In the financial year 2007/2008 (1st April 2007 – 31st March 2008), the PCT spent £12,017 on interpreters and translation. We do not currently have the information for 2008/2009

Yours sincerely

Updated figure: £ 3,569,298

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Below you will find the reply by Warwickshire Primary Care Trust to my FoI request for information about how much they spent on interpreters and translation services:

Thank you for your request under the freedom of information Act (2000)

The total amount the Warwickshire PCT has spent on interpreting /translation service during 07/08 was £16,192.

The figures are not yet available from April 08 to March 09.

I hope this is of use to you

Regards

Updated figure: £ 3,557,281

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Below you will find the reply from Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust about how much it has spent on interpreters and translation services:

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act

Further to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I outline below our response.

How much has this Trust spent in interpreters and translation in 2008?
The amount spent by the Trust during the 2007/08 financial year on the provision of interpretation services is £34,582.74.

I hope that this information is helpful.
Yours sincerely

Updated figure: £ 3,413,548

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Below the response received by Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust about how much they spent in interpreters and translation:

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information – Interpreters and Translation

I refer to your request for information from Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust regarding the above.

You asked how much out PCT spent in interpreters and translation in 2008.

For 2007/08 the TPCT spent £146,525 on interpreting services. These costs include both contractors and employed staff whose principle function is translation and interpreting.

Updated figure: £ 1,553,112

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The NHS is rationing health treatments on the grounds of cost, but it still spends a fortune on interpreters and translations.

From now we will post the responses we got from FOI requests made in the past, to prove how much is wasted and we will update the  total figure at the end of every post.

The figures are related to the financial year 2007/2008 or 2008 – NHS trusts use  different times.
We believe this is unfair and we want to expose this scandal.

Request for information

Thank you for your request for information asking how much this trust spent on interpreters and translation in 2008.

We are handling your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I am providing you with the following information which I trust meets your information request.

Excluding translations directly commissioned by our commissioners, for 07/08 Tower Hamlets PCT spent £871,879 on interpreters and translation.

If you are dissatisfied with how your request has been handled, you can complain in writing to:

The Associate Director of Quality and Governance
Burdett House
Mile End Hospital
London E1 4DG

email: foi@thpct.nhs.uk

If, after we have addressed your complaint, you remain dissatisfied with how we have responded, you are entitled to appeal to the Information Commissioner (Tel: 01625 545 745). Details are shown at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Updated figure £ 871,879

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