Translating and interpreting services

THE TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETER SERVICES AND OTHER COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMONLY USED BY THIS PRACTICE:  

• Department of Social Services which provides free telephone interpreting services for general practitioners when providing Medicare claimable consultations in private practice: 
  • Doctors Priority Line (available 24 hours a day, seven (7) days a week) 
  • Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) 
  • On-site interpreting service (subject to interpreter availability)
  • National Relay Service 
• www.healthdirect.gov.au which provides helpful educational material for patients on a range of clinical conditions in a variety of languages.