The data is clear - language barriers hurt patients, in any healthcare setting. In some settings, for example acute, maternity and others, these barriers can lead to very serious situations.

Kavita Palmer is a clinician by background and Co-Founder of Word360, a multilingual and translation support platform used across the NHS.

Her mission is to solve this, at scale - and the problem is vast. Think about all the communication, written, verbal, paper, electronic, across all healthcare pathways.

Last year in London alone, they provided 167 different languages to NHS clinicians and patients and have the ability to offer 450+.

As Britain's demographics shift, this will become ever more important to solve efficiently.