A senior whistleblower, who has spent decades in the NHS, has told me how foreign patients who refuse to speak English often get priority from certain NHS trusts.
Why?
Because the translators are incredibly expensive, so management speed up the patient through the queue.
This may reduce cost, but it is utterly scandalous.
There is a simple solution.
Scrap ALL foreign language translation/interpretation costs in the NHS.
If you live in England, you speak English.
Not complicated.