Language Spoken
Language spoken can be recorded whilst in the patient's Registration screen as follows:
- From Registration, select the patient by clicking on
icon or pressing <F3>. - Choose the Preferences tab and click the box - Language Spoken.
- The Vision filing screen appears briefly, followed by the Language Spoken - Add screen.
- The following information is recorded unless changed:
- Date - this defaults to today's date.
- Clinician - If the data is recorded by a member of staff the Clinician defaults to Usual GP. If the person recording the data is setup with a Clinical role, their details are shown.
- Private/In Practice - the default is In Practice.
- Read Term - Languages are displayed from the following Read code chapters and show the Read description.
- 13l - Main spoken language.
- 13u% - Additional spoken language.
- 13w% - Supplementary main language.
- 13Z6100 to 13Z6600 - Language spoken.
Note - To speed data entry Bilingual (Welsh/English), English and Welsh are listed first, followed by an alphabetical list of all the other languages. To choose another language press the first letter of the language required eg F (French).
- Preferred Spoken Language - Tick this box if this is the patient's preferred spoken language.
- Notes - Free text information can be entered here.
- Click OK to save the changes.
- A prompt confirms: The item Language Spoken was added successfully, click OK.
- The latest Ethnicity information is written back to the Preferences tab and is recorded on the patient's journal.
