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[vetran]

Shirley not? As aren't they net contributors to the economy?

shush you are supposed to believe that!

[The Spartan]

In the few times I have taken people to hospital in Europe we were expected to supply our own translator. I can't envisage a non English speaking Pole not having an English speaking friend who could translate. Having said that, the local council has a separate Polish speaking enquiry desk for benefits.

Shirley not? As aren't they net contributors to the economy?

[Paddy]

Well when we were in Majorca and my father in law had suffered huge organ failure and needed a triple heart by pass they spoke to us in Spanish

and if we wanted a translator we were expected to provide one.

But god forbid the UK might actually one provide services in it's native language because that would apparently be discrimination.

In the few times I have taken people to hospital in Europe we were expected to supply our own translator. I can't envisage a non English speaking Pole not having an English speaking friend who could translate. Having said that, the local council has a separate Polish speaking enquiry desk for benefits.

[Brussels Slumdog]

Oh dear, how do they deal with situations like this in other EU countries?

In Belgium,nurses don't need to speak. They take your temperature, your blood pressure and change sheets.Did David Beckham need a translator on the pitch when he played for Real Madrid?

[The Spartan]

Most definitely, no wonder we're the laughing stock of Europe

[milanbenes]

this is a classical, only in the UK situation

Milan.

[Zero Liability]

My understanding is that the Dutch system is insurance-based (in a similar sense that the US one is, so still heavily state controlled/subsidised), and by all accounts, very good relative to other national healthcare systems.

[Eirikur]

they don't have free healthcare available for everyone?

Exactly. They have mandatory insurance based systems, which are partly based on your income and partly what options you include in your insurance. For example you might want to pay for GP or dentist yourself and pay the first €300 on you hospital bill yourself and you have a very cheap insurance. You may also chose to include everything and also stuff like homeopathy and other "alternative" treatments and you pay a much higher price

[scooterscot]

Oh dear, how do they deal with situations like this in other EU countries?

They speak English to me. In fact better English than some of the natives back home.

[original PM]

Oh dear, how do they deal with situations like this in other EU countries?

Well when we were in Majorca and my father in law had suffered huge organ failure and needed a triple heart by pass they spoke to us in Spanish

and if we wanted a translator we were expected to provide one.

But god forbid the UK might actually one provide services in it's native language because that would apparently be discrimination.

[vetran]

It's in the Daily Mail, so it must be true

Its from that well known fantasist paper the Lincolnshire echo.

Hospitals across Lincolnshire looking to recruit Polish nurses to reduce the amount spent on translation services | Lincolnshire Echo

and the express

NHS hires nurses to translate for patients in Polish and Lativian hotspots | UK | News | Daily Express

give it a day or two and the 'quality' papers will catch up.

[vetran]

Oh dear, how do they deal with situations like this in other EU countries?

they don't have free healthcare available for everyone?

[Eirikur]

It's in the Daily Mail, so it must be true

[The Spartan]

Oh dear, how do they deal with situations like this in other EU countries?

[vetran]

The English hospitals that need more nurses... but only if they can speak to their patients in Polish
Hospitals are paying translators £38-an-hour to interpret for patients
There are now almost 2,500 nurses from Poland working in the NHS
Hospital managers in Lincolnshire plan to specifically recruit Polish nurses
The plan, they hope, will reduce the £57,000-a-year spent on translators

The English hospitals that need more nurses but only if they can speak to their patients in Polish* | Daily Mail Online

The Polish means - Nurse Nurse he is out of bed again