Interpreting Service
Cancerbackup provides an interpreting service - Cancer in Your Language. It is staffed by qualified interpreters who have had training in cancer terminology and who interpret the call between the service user and the specialist Cancerbackup information nurses. This means that people can access high quality information and support in their language.
There are 12 “direct to language” numbers for the most commonly spoken community languages.
Arabic 0808 800 0130
Bengali 0808 800 0131
Cantonese 0808 800 0132
French 0808 800 0133
Greek 0808 800 0134
Gujarati 0808 800 0135
Hindi 0808 800 0136
Polish 0808 800 0137
Punjabi 0808 800 0138
Turkish 0808 800 0139
Urdu 0808 800 0140
Vietnamese 0808 800 0141
Most other community languages can also be accessed through the main freephone number, 0808 800 1234, and the nurse who answers then contacts the interpreting service to find an interpreter in the language needed.
You can order posters and cards which promote this service from the publications section.
For further information please visit Interpreting Service.