Amira Obeid discusses the role of interpreters and linkworkers with the healthcare system and asks are they an untapped source?

Amira Obeid RGN, RM, RHV, DPS:N, BSc (Hons), FETC, MSc, is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Neptune Health Park. At the time of writing the author was a Researcher/Practitioner Primary Care, Birmingham Specialist Community Health NHS Trust.
Article accepted for publication
September 2000.