A report has revealed that hospitals in London are prioritizing patients who don't speak English for care, putting native or fluent speakers at the back of the queue. The Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is implementing this policy to reduce interpreter costs but critics argue it disadvantages English-speaking patients.
Hospitals in London are prioritising patients who don’t speak English for care while sending native or fluent speakers to the back of the queue, a report has found., the Imperial College Health care NHS Trust, which has five hospitals in north-west London under its remit, has begun to push patients who require a language translator to the front of the line.
London, which has become a minority English city, has the largest proportion of migrants of any region of the UK, with more than 40 per cent of its residents being foreigners. However, the decision to prioritise non-English speakers by a branch of the state-run healthcare system was criticised by former immigration minister and Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick.
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