We work with our partners, locally and nationally, to source patient information about cancer in a range of languages; information in easy read for people with learning disabilities; and resources for British Sign Language users.
This is not an exhaustive list and we will continue to add to it. If you have any suggestions for useful patient leaflets for this list, then please email rsch.sscaadmin@nhs.net.
Macmillan Cancer Support produces a range of information in languages other than English, and offers an interpreter service for its Macmillan Support Line. Resources include: cancer and coronavirus, signs and symptoms of cancer, types of cancer, treatment of cancer, living with cancer and end of life. Languages are available in Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Chinese, Polish, Romanian and Welsh including English - Cancer information in your language - Macmillan Cancer Support.
Using your Bowel Cancer Screening Kit is a range of NHS subtitled videos available on Vimeo. The short animation explains how to use your bowel cancer screening kit. Subtitles are available in English, as well as Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Farsi, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu. A British Sign Language version is also available.
Translations of the invitation leaflet and the colonoscopy leaflet for bowel cancer screening are available in: Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Urdu.
Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance has also had the bowel cancer screening information leaflet and the colonoscopy leaflet translated into Nepali. You can find them here:
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Translations of the breast screening invitation leaflet are available in: Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Urdu.
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Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance has also translated the leaflet into Nepali. You can find it here: Breast screening invitation - helping you decide/Nepali
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NHS Surrey and Sussex has produced leaflets about breast screening and breast cancer available in Bengali, Gujarati, Urdu and French in addition to English. The leaflets feature spokespeople from Black and South Asian communities:
Breast Cancer Awareness leaflet - English 1 and English 2
Breast Cancer Awareness leaflet - French
Breast Cancer Awareness leaflet - Urdu
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The British Deaf Association has videos in British Sign language on bowel, pancreatic and prostate cancer - HEALTH & WELLBEING - British Deaf Association (bda.org.uk)
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Macmillan Cancer Support has a range of videos in British Sign Language to support cancer patients such as Chemotherapy Explained; About Targeted Therapies and Cancer Fatigue. Find them here: Macmillan BSL videos Read more here about its British Sign Language Services
Cervical Screening – Helping You Decide are translated leaflets available from Public Health England. The leaflets are available to download in the following languages: Arabic, Bengali, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, English, Gurati, French, Polish, Portugese, Punjabi and Urdu.
Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance has also translated this leaflet into Nepali. You can find it here: Cervical screening invitation - helping you decide/Nepali
- Bowel Screening: easy guide is a leaflet about bowel cancer screening, developed by and for people with learning disabilities available on the government website
- Prostate Cancer UK has an easy read booklet `My Prostate: what changes should I look out for?’ It uses pictures and easy words to explain how to spot a prostate problem
- Macmillan Cancer Support has a number of easy read leaflets including:
The charity Ovacome has a range of translated materials for ovarian cancer patients. Find it here: Ovacome: support in other languages
Prostate Cancer UK has put together a list of publications about prostate cancer that have been translated into non-English languages. It includes: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian Russian, Urdu, Welsh, as well as English. Prostate Cancer UK Information in other languages.