NHS spend £64,000 tax payers money on translation services, a report reveals today. Julia Manning, of 2020Health, the think-tank that conducted the research, said: ‘The costs involved are truly staggering in an age of austerity, and incredible when taken in the context of efficiency savings of £20billion across the Health Service. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096966/NHS-spends-23m-year-translators-Costs-rise-hospitals-cater-120-languages.html#ixzz1liLtkX5E