Information on NHS services, public health issues and wellbeing advice is now available in multiple languages on NHS Choices.
The new NHS Choices auto-translation service provides the nine million visitors a month with the ability to translate thousands of pages of information on NHS services, over 800 leaflets on conditions and treatments and health and wellbeing advice.
Please click here to go to the NHS Choices website
Information for Staff
Instant Telephone Interpreting – Quick Start Guide for Staff
This guide will have been sent to you with your Personal Identification Number (PIN).
The Little Orange Book
The ‘Little Orange Book’ explains how to access the translation and interpreting services for NHS Somerset's staff and independent contractors. The book also gives advice on when to use telephone interpreting and when face to face interpreting may be more useful. Hard copies are available on request by contacting the Senior Patient Experience Administrator.
Further information
If you have any queries about interpretation and translation services or if you want translated posters and additional leaflets to help patients and visitors identify their language to you, then please contact the Senior Patient Experience Administrator on 01935 385020 or email translations@somerset.nhs.uk
