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November 30, 2025BMJ Open QualityOpen Access

Evaluating professional interpreting services for patients with limited English proficiency in secondary care settings: a scoping review

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SKSanat KulkarniSFShonagh FlanaganNANicola Ager

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Overview

Scoping review shows clinical outcomes and services for patients with limited English proficiency, suggesting better evaluation measures are needed.

Key Points

  • Professional medical interpreters improve clinical outcomes for patients with limited English proficiency, enhancing care quality.
  • Cohort studies primarily assess the link between interpreting services and healthcare utilisation in secondary and tertiary care.
  • Cross-sectional studies reveal variability in interpreter effectiveness, with some reporting longer stays or readmissions under certain conditions.
  • Future focus should be on developing standardized outcome measures for interpreter services to enhance healthcare quality for LEP populations.

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Kulkarni et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692b9da91d383f2b2a37a3fdhttps://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2025-003691
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