Foreign-language information leaflets

Patient information leaflets are available below in the following languages: Arabic, Albanian, Bengali, Farsi (Persian), French, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Mandarin, Pashto, Polish, Portugese, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Sylheti, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, and Vietnamese. The leaflets below were produced in August 2009 for a consortium of NHS Trusts and are available copyright-free. The translation project was run by Northamptonshire Healthcare Trust in collaboration with several other NHS organisations.

See also Mental Health Act 1983 information leaflets for English- and Welsh-language information leaflets.

	s2	s3	s5(2)	s5(4)	s136	s37	s37/41	s48	Guardianship s7	SCT s3	ECT	IMHA leaflet
Albanian	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Arabic	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bengali	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Farsi	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
French	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gujarati	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hindi	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Italian	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Korean	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lithuanian	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mandarin	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pashto	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Polish	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Portugese	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Punjabi	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Russian	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Somali	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spanish	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Swahili	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sylheti	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Tamil	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Turkish	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Urdu	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Vietnamese	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Czech foreign-language leaflets (translated for Leeds and York Partnership NHS Trust, May 2014):

• Section 3 Patient Information, Admission to Hospital
• Patient Information, Nearest Relative

External link

• Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust's resource library: Mental Health Act documents