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Question follow-through · 14378

NHS: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list all the languages excluding English and British Sign Language that are translated in the NHS.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
18 Nov 2024
Answer
21 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list all the languages excluding English and British Sign Language that are translated in the NHS.

  2. 18 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The National Health Service is able to send out reminder letters to patients in 24 languages, which are available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/services/e-referral-service/language-options-for-e-rs-reminder-lettersThe NHS is also able to pr...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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