Submitted on Wednesday 21st September 2011
Published on Thursday 22nd September 2011
Current status: Closed
Closed: Saturday 22nd September 2012
Signatures: 91
Stop translators in the NHS. Save Millions in taxpayer money
We the undersigned, call for the government to stop spending millions on translators for services like the NHS. Those people who are not prepared to speak or learn English should not be provided with a means of translation which costs the taxpayer. This is England and we speak English, we shouldn’t have to pay for other people not to learn or understand the basic principle of communication within this country.
According to figures from the NHS, they spend an estimated £22 million on translators in 2010 alone. This money could be used to provide thousands of extra nurses in overstretched hospitals.
It's time we got rid of the softy softy approach and made people who wish to use our services at least have a basic understanding of English.
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