So big is the issue, that people working in UK healthcare admitted that there has been a time during their career that communicating with a patient or colleague with English as a second language has prevented, or delayed them, from giving the best care they could.
A fifth of those surveyed said they have faced language barriers when communicating with colleagues and patients, as often as every day.
The findings have been revealed in a new report conducted with 1,000 healthcare workers from across the UK by Pocketalk, a digital translation service which partnered with healthcare providers during the pandemic to help overcome language challenges.
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