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Tuesday 22 October 2024
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_7267

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7267

Date Request Received: 29/06/2023 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 14/07/2023 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Languages service information

Request Category: Private Individuals

 
Question Number 1:
Can you please kindly provide the following languages service information under freedom of information:

Do you provide these services inhouse or outsource to the third party - if outsourced, please name the supplier.
 
Answer To Question 1:
Outsourced to a third party - Language Empire
 
Question Number 2:
When does the current contract for language (interpreting and translation services) expire and are there any extensions left?
 
Answer To Question 2:
July 2023 - 2 x 12 Months extensions available
 
Question Number 3:
If expiring in the next 12 months, when will the authority be going to market again to procurement these services and via what channel?
 
Answer To Question 3:
No, option to extend taken contract to go to July 2024 (1 x 12 month extension still available)
 
Question Number 4:
Separately by inhouse and outsourced:

- total number of face-to-face, in person assignment and hours completed in 2022

- total number of face-to-face, in person assignment not fulfilled in 2022

- total number of telephone interpreting, minutes completed in 2022

- total number of video interpreting assignment and hours completed in 2022

- total number of BSL, in person or remote assignments and hours completed 2022
 
Answer To Question 4:
- total number of face-to-face, in person assignment and hours completed in 2022
F2F spoken bookings: 42
Minutes completed: 2574

- total number of face-to-face, in person assignment not fulfilled in 2022
UTP: 36

- total number of telephone interpreting, minutes completed in 2022
Bookings completed: 68
Minutes completed: 1289
UTP: 0

- total number of video interpreting assignment and hours completed in 2022
Bookings completed: 21
Minutes completed: 888
UTP: 0

- total number of BSL, in person or remote assignments and hours completed 2022
F2F Bookings completed: 4
F2F Minutes completed: 270
F2F UTP: 3

Video Bookings completed: 1
Video Minutes completed: 60
Video UTP: 0
 
Question Number 5:
Who is the senior responsible person for language services at the Trust.
 
Answer To Question 5:
Head of Patient Experience
 
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