General Chat

you cant rely on foreign staff because it would breech their tearms of employment. :-D :-D

Did you just smack my wrist Suzanne for going off topic?

*flagellates with wet tea towel* :-D

Thanks suzzane, sorry i may off gone of on a tangent xx

no of course not supercrutch,it all boils down to the same thing really,waste,and the N.H.S does it on a massive scale.
Anyway i would be to scared to slap you anywhere. :-D :-D :-D :-D
and please dont hurt yourself with that tea towel on my behalf. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Just an added point about interpretors...


Some will be for deaf people and deaf blind people. As well as patients who are unable to make themselves understood due to other physical impairment eg stroke, ceberal palsy, aquired head injury etc.

All these people have the right to privacy. They may not want a family member, neighbour or friend to know all about their condition.

Privacy is one of the reasons that official interpretors are sometimes used instead of family members.

I have worked in the National Health, we tried to use "in-house" translators when possible.

I have been embarressed when talking to a family about their young childs learning difficulty, to have to do it via a neighbour. This meant that the neighbour was finding out about the childs problems (just) before the parents.

The neighbour had no reason (except her consience) to keep details she learnt confidencial.

very good point. Tess.x

Thanks Suzanne.

:-)

The UK suffers from a poverty of foreign languages.

The Government should be persuaded to restore the mandatory study of a foreign language until pupils reach 16 at least. We are known as a nation of monoglots in a world of polyglots.

I had to learn Latin, French and German was offered Russian or Greek as an option. Urdu, Mandarin, Swahili etc weren't an option.