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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Yeah it would take the money available for each person from 100% to an eye-watering 100.0002%.

Youre just demonstrating that you have no understanding of funding on a national scale. £23 million pounds to an individual, yes, is a lot of money. £23 million for one hospital, yes, may even be a decent sum.

But one hospital is not spending £23 million.

There are roughly 150 NHS trusts across the UK. That already takes us to £150000 per trust. There are SEVERAL hospitals, clinics, surgeries etc. in each trust. So split that again to maybe £10,000 - £20,000 per establishment. That might even be generous. That's per year. Do you even understand the running costs of a hospital? Like... Even vaguely? The budget for translators is miniscule. It just... Is. The facts and figures are available for anyone who wants to see them.

Interpreters are required for a limited number of hospitals so it's not spread around between every hospital, some shoulder the burden more than others I can't imagine there is much call for interpreters in Cornwall for instance but in London the need is very high, it's not all about money it's putting systems in place that are fair to everyone not throwing money around and creating resentment especially when we are constantly told NHS funding is in CRISES if they want raise Ni they need to show that the tax paying public that they are making changes that save money in the right areas not denying drugs to patients because they are too expensive, it might be a drop in the ocean but savings have to start somewhere, and starting by maybe having enough cleaning staff to do a decent job would have an impact on levels of MRSA and so on..