Patients benefit when they can read documents in addition to using an interpreter to translate. To support the many cultures that live in England, these resources all link to patient information translated into other languages:
SPIRAL (Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages) and contains patient information resources in several Asian languages, including Chinese, Korean, Cambodian, Thai, and Vietnamese. Topics include cancer, HIV, heart disease, infectious diseases, (including Swine Flu), and mental health.
NHS Choices does translate some of its patient information. Languages include Arabic, Urdu, Cantonese, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Turkish, French, Portuguese, Somali, Spanish, and Polish. The easiest way to find it is to type “translation” into the box where it says “Enter a search term” and click on Search. A page will come up with all the translations available. Click on the one you want, and you will find out about NHS services, and on the right-hand side, there will be external links to relevant patient information.
Local NHS organisations also produce patient information leaflets to suit the language needs of their patients. For example, NHS Tower Hamlets, produce patient information leaflets in Bengali, Polish, and Somali.
HealthTranslations.com is a repository of translated materials specific to health care. The site includes more than 650 translated documents and more than 70 resources for on-English speaking individuals. Languages covered include Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, French, and Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Patient UK has some translations available in the same languages as NHS Choices, but also in Punjabi, Hindi, and Welsh.
NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) has all of its patient information translated into Spanish.
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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