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The Times news story focusing on short comings in HMCTS interpreting; click here for more
Catherine Baksi exposes need for necessary changes in MOJ language services -
Chaotic communication by the NHS; click here for more
Guardian reports -
National media, including the Daily Mail's Online channel, investigate public service interpreting; click here for more
This news story also appeared in the Metro on 22nd November 2023 -
BBC 'File on 4' programme focused on 'Lost in Translation'; click here to listen to the broadcast on BBC Sounds
BBC investigates public service interpreting in the UK -
Read this paper setting out urgent recommendations for tackling immediate challenges around procurement and provision of language services for the UK’s public sector; click here for more
Produced by a Public Sector Working Group consisting of leading language services, interpreting and translation associations and organisations, the paper outlines challenges and proposes solutions for resolving pressing issues -
At 8pm on 21st November the Radio 4 'File on Four' programme focuses on language services in the NHS; click here for more
At 8pm on 21st November the Radio 4 'File on Four' programme focuses on language services in the NHS; click here for more -
Click here to see the guidance from the Employment Agency Standards which need to be followed by agencies.
Note that an employment business shall not withhold or threaten to withhold from the work-seeker the whole or any part of any payment in respect of any work done by the work-seeker on any of the following grounds…see clause 12 -
Update on NHS Lobbying; click here for more
On 9th November NRPSI took part in a major NHS review of language services -
Welsh Government exploring ways to professionalise and regulate public service interpreting in Wales: click here for more
Welsh Government exploring the feasibility of formalising, regulating and protecting the professional status of foreign language interpretation (sic: interpreting) and translation services -
Read this Guardian feature; click here
"Interpreters are wizards – at times they seem to have read my mind. AI could never compete" -
Calls to improve language services in GP practices; click here for more
Pulse magazine focuses on a Healthwatch report – more to be done but the message about necessary changes is spreading -
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The NHS is making commitments to ensure ‘necessary changes’ in how language services are operated in NHS Trusts are implemented; click here to read more
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Interpreters have filed a lawsuit alleging that the court system systematically underpays interpreters in the USA; click here for more
Allegedly, New York’s court system discriminates against interpreters and the clients they serve, who are “largely of non-United State national origin, either by birth or ancestry" -
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