Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust answers my request for details of amounts spent on interpreters and translation :
I am writing to confirm that the Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has now completed its search for the information requested by you.
How much did the Trust spent on interpreters and translators in 2008?
The Trust spent £13,836 in 2008 financial year.
Updated figure: £ 8,222,309
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
This is the reply from East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust about how much it spent on interpreters and translation:
With reference to your request please find our response set out below:
Invoices received in relation to Interpretation & Translation Services are logged on a database for each financial year so the total cost of the service is detailed as follows:
April 2007 – March 2008 £21,777.51
Updated figure: £ 7,588,632
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
Information supplied by the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust about how much it spent on interpreters and translation:
Further to your request for information regarding interpretation and translation. The Trust can confirm the following:
Trust spend on interpreters and translation for 2008 = £29,552
Updated figure: £ 6,905,012
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
This is the response from West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust to my request about how much it spent on interpreters and translation services:
I am writing to confirm that the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust has now completed its search for the information which you requested on 13th March 2009:
How much this trust spent in interpreters and translation in 2008?
£63,000 – This is for the calendar year 2008
Updated figure: £ 6,875,460
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
Below there is :
How much the Trust spent on interpreters and translation in 2008?
The total amount spent on interpreters from Jan-Dec 2008, was £272,940.
In relation to translation, it is difficult to say, as some services may have translated their leaflets on team basis, we do not have such information.
Regards
Updated figure: £ 6,812,460
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This is the reply from NHS Berkshire West about how much it spent on interpreters and translation:
Thank you for your request for information regarding the Trust’s spend on interpreters and translation in 2008 which we received on 25 February 2009.
NHS Berkshire West spent a total of £21,461.41 on interpreters and translation in the calendar year 2008.
Updated figure: £ 6,425,310
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
This is the reply from James Paget University Hospitals NHS Trust about how much it spent in interpreters and translation:
Further to your Freedom of Information request which we received on 13th March 2009, we can confirm that for 2008 the Trust has spent a total of £29,742 on interpreters.
Updated figure: 6,167,374
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
This is the reply from Milton Keynes NHS Trust in response to my FoI request asking how much they spent on interpreters and translation services:
Thank you for your request for information which we received on 12 March 2009.
I am pleased to confirm that between January 2008 and December 2008 Milton Keynes NHS Foundation Trust spent £33,181 on Interpreters and translation fees.
Updated figure: £ 4,449,374
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
This is the reply from Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust, to my FoI request asking how much they spent on interpreters and translation services:
RE: – FoI request for information
On the 09/03/2009 you requested the total spend for translation and interpretation costs for the year 2007- 2008, using the Freedom of Information Act.
Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust is in accordance with Section 1.-(1) (a) & (b) of the Act is supplying the information to you.
The cost was £52,217.65
Updated figure: £ 4,319,193
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
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
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
This is the reply from Islington Primary Care Trust in response to my request under the FoI Act about how much they spent in interpreters and translation services:
I am writing with regards to the enquiry you made to NHS Islington for information regarding how much this trust spent in interpreters and translation in 2008?
I an confirm that the interpreters and translation function is a shared service provided on behalf of NHS Islington by NHS Camden and that from 1st January to 31st December 2008 the total cost for services were:
Interpreting for direct provided services: £ 157,039.45
Interpreting for GP services: £ 183,521.36
Advocacy session (All in GPs): £ 28,210.00
Updated Figure: £ 4,077,410
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
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
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
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
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
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
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
Below the reply received by Bolton Primary Care Trust about how much they spent in interpreters and translations:
Thank you for your email below.
The interpretation costs for 2007/08:
Interpretation/Translation = £22,414
Sign Language = £22,812Regards
The cost of sign language will not be included in the total update.
Updated figure: £ 1,406,587
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
Below the response received by Coventry Primary Care Trust about how much the trust spent in interpreters and translations:
Thank you for your information request relating to the PCT’s interpreting and translation expenditure in 2008.
The latest figure that we have is for the financial year 2007/08 which was
£378,671.Yours sincerely
Updated figure: £ 1,384,173
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 4DGemail: 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
