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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 mixed results on clinical outcomes in patients with limited English proficiency, suggesting improved healthcare utilisation is needed.

Key Points

  • Interpreter effectiveness remains poorly understood, particularly in relation to clinical outcomes.
  • Cohort and cross-sectional studies were primarily reviewed, revealing challenges in evaluating healthcare utilisation.
  • Common outcome metrics like length of stay and readmissions showed variability, indicating the need for better measures.
  • Future research should focus on developing standardised outcome sets that address both clinical relevance and patient priorities.

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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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