This presentation of medical translation statistics and information has been put together to demonstrate the importance of language skills in a medical setting. In a world where travel and multi-culturalism are the norm, the ability to understand languages different to our native tongue is increasingly essential. In a medical environment, where the health and high quality treatment of the patient is crucial, having a common language or a translator present is paramount to optimum care. Here you can see for yourself why linguistic professionals are playing such a huge part in the provision of patients today!

1. Medical Translation
An Insight into the topic
What is it?
Medical translation is the translation of
technical, regulatory, clinical or marketing
documentation, software or training
curriculums for the pharmaceutical, medical
device or healthcare fields.
Who is using it?
Hospitals across the country constantly require
translation services to ensure they offer fair
treatment and a correct diagnosis of a
patient’s particular problem.
...and why is it so important?
It is extremely important to clarify the aspects of an ailment with
a doctor, and for a doctor to be fully understood by the patient
as to the details of their treatment. Should a specific therapy
require an explanation at length in a foreign language, a
professional translator is an invaluable resource.
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2. Medical Translation
£ 60.000/64.000
nhs daily expenditure on translation
services
17%
120
languages rise of price
translated since 2007
£23.000.000
spent last year on written
translation and interpreters
Central Manchester
University Hospitals NHS Leeds Teaching
Foundation Trust spent Hospital NHS Trust
£3.7 million in the past spent £2.4 million
3 years on translation
and interpreting
services
London-based Imperial
College Healtcare NHS
Trust Spent £2 million
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3. Medical Translation
Since 2010...
Surgeries spent £2,500 an hour on
interpreters at foreigners’
appointments
A survey of the 152 Primary Care Trusts
responsible for GPs and Dentists: spent on
average £146,000 each on translation
services last year.
Most commonly
demanded languages
Polish Bengali
Mandarin Turkish
Arabic Farsi
Somali Kurdish
Czech Slovak
Lithuanian
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