Antao Chen, Hong Li, Tingyong Feng, Xuemei Gao, Zhongming Zhang, Fuhong Li, Dong Yang
The diversity effect of inductive reasoning under segment manipulation of complex cognition
Science in China. Series C, Life sciences
language communication understanding information central safe ethical efficient maternity care national health service nhs commissioning board nhs england describes healthcare providers obtain language support professionally trained interpreters providers interpreters commissioned deliver remoteface face interpretation across nhs services booked advance calls made real time however women report infrequent use professionally trained interpreters maternity care often relying friends family interpreters compromise confidentiality disclosure accuracy determine demand provision professionally trained interpreters practice sent freedom information foi request 119 nhs trusts delivering maternity services england november 2022 financial years 20202021 20212022 asked many women maternity service identified needing interpreter number mode interpreter sessions annual spend interpreting services data analysed using descriptive statistics one hundred maternity trusts responded 21st april 2023 response rate 10011984 56 56 recorded womans need interpreter nineteen trusts relied documentation paper notes 37 trusts recorded information digital system 37 trusts information could digitally retrieved women requiring interpreter support reflected 1 25 annual birth rate trust average 9 received average three interpreter sessions across pregnancy birth postnatal journey telephone dominant mode used interpreting sessions though 11 trusts favoured face face interpreting financial spend interpreting services varied across trusts funded inhouse interpreting services worked local community groups addition contracted interpreting provider information obtained foi request suggests documentation womans interpreting need complete consistent across nhs maternity services result clear many women require interpreter mode provision frequently provided cost involved however limited information available suggests failure provide interpreter support women scheduled care encounter raises questions risk women understanding care offered increased risk uninformed unconsented care women traverse pregnancy birth appears failure provide interpreter support women scheduled maternity care encounter increasing risk uninformed unconsented care