Emily D. Williams, Katriina L. Whitaker, Marianne Piano, Laura A.V. Marlow
OBJECTIVE: The majority of cancers are diagnosed following a decision to access medical help for symptoms. People from ethnic minority backgrounds have longer patient intervals following identification of cancer symptoms. This study quantified ethnic differences in barriers to symptomatic presentati...
Graham Hieke, Emily D. Williams, Paramjit Gill, Georgia Black et al.
BACKGROUND: Interpreting services bridge language barriers that may prevent patients and clinicians from understanding each other, impacting quality of care and health outcomes. Despite this, there is limited up-to-date evidence regarding the barriers to and facilitators of uptake in primary care. T...
Graham Hieke, Georgia Black, Judith Yargawa, Cecilia Vindrola‐Padros et al.
BACKGROUND: Communication difficulties due to unmet language needs are a driver of inequality in healthcare access. The provision of professional interpreting services should mitigate these, and their use is associated with improved patient outcomes. However, interpreting uptake in England is subopt...