Table 7 Respondents' reports of messages to staff about interpreter use, by department
Message to staff | Anesthesiology/Pharmacology/ Intensive Care | Surgery | Child and Adolescent Health | Gynecology and Obstetrics | Community Medicine and Primary Care | Genetic Medicine and Laboratory | Internal Medicine | Clinical Neurosciences | Psychiatry | Rehabilitation and Geriatrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Encourages use of GRC interpreters | 4 (5%) | 4 (4%) | 59 (44%) | 5 (16%) | 38 (56%) | 1 (5%) | 19 (14%) | 6 (11%) | 63 (39%) | 7 (7%) |
Encourages use of alternative strategies | 9 (10%) | 14 (15) | 12 (9%) | 5 (16%) | 5 (7%) | 0 | 12 (9%) | 3 (5%) | 33 (21%) | 13 (13%) |
Provides no guidance | 74 (85%) | 76 (81) | 64 (47%) | 21(68%) | 25 (37%) | 19 (95%) | 105 (77%) | 48 (84%) | 64 (40%) | 78 (78%) |
Total N | 87 | 94 | 135 | 31 | 68 | 20 | 136 | 57 | 160 | 98 |