Which company/companies currently provide interpreting and translation services to your organisation?
Language Line Solutions
Are you contracted with the above company/companies and if so, when do these contractual arrangements expire?
Services are currently provided on a month-to-month, rolling basis while a re-contracting process has been taking place.
What was your organisations annual spend with external organisations on the provision of face-to-face interpreting services for the financial years 2014/15, 2015/16 and the period 1 April 2016 – present?
Information for 2014/15 and 2015/16 is available at
https://hgs.uhb.nhs.uk/foi-4970-translation-and-interpreting/.
The cost for face to face interpreting services from April 2016 to date is £156,286, including in house interpreters.
What was your organisations total pay costs during 2015/16 and the period 1 April 2016 – present for the substantive and/or fixed term employment of in house interpreters, if any?
This information is available at https://hgs.uhb.nhs.uk/foi-4970-translation-and-interpreting/.
What was your organisations total pay costs during 2015/16 and the period 1 April 2016 – present for the substantive and/or fixed term employment of individuals responsible for managing, coordinating and administrating the delivery of interpreting services for and on behalf of your organisation?
For 2015/16 the organisations total pay costs for substantive interpreters was £63,674.
For the period the 1st April 2016 to present the total costs for employment is £54,735.
What languages are your substantive and/or fixed term in house interpreters employed to speak?
This information is available at https://hgs.uhb.nhs.uk/foi-4970-translation-and-interpreting/
