Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 12
12
Accepted in Part
Ensure FGM survivors are informed of interpretation rights and receive trained, culturally sensitive interpreters.
Recommendation
FGM Specialist Clinics and Women’s Health Hubs should ensure that women are informed of their right to have an interpreter. Those interpreters must be appropriately trained and sensitive to the cultural sensitivities around FGM. (Recommendation, Paragraph 37) Reconstructive surgery
Government Response Summary
The government states that Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and NHS Providers are responsible for ensuring culturally sensitive interpretation services. NHS England will ask ICBs to share the working definition of trauma-informed practice with translation providers.
Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government
Accepted in Part
Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and NHS Providers are responsible for ensuring translation and interpretation services are available for all patients accessing primary care. As part of NHS England’s Improvement framework: community language translation and interpreting services, ICBs should ensure interpreting services are equitable, culturally sensitive and inclusive. NHS England will ask ICBs to share the working definition of trauma-informed practice with their translation providers to support FGM Specialist Clinics and Women’s Health Hubs.