Claim: The NHS spends £100 million on translators for 128 languages in five years.
Fact-check: There isn't good data on how much the NHS spends on translators - Full Fact
Verdict: a 2012 report based on fois found that nhs trusts  spent £23.3m on translation services in 2010/11. we don't have recent or complete figures for how much the nhs has spent on translators because no one collects that information. we can't find a reliable source for the 128 languages figure.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2019-04-12T00:00:00