Patient Information

The dates for Health Literacy training are out now! Help patients understand a remember more about their health. Free for all @Leic_hospital and @LPTnhs staff @LPTnhs @LearningUHL1 @EducationPicu @CSI_UHL @EsmRrcv @LeicGeriatrics @DrRuw @ChildrensLeics @UHLoutpatients

Day 5 of Health Information Week and it is all about Winter Health. Check out healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/healthinfoweek… @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @UHLwellbeing @uhllib #HIW2026

Day 4 of Health Information Week and it is #MentalHealth. Remember that @uhllib has a range of resources to support health and wellbeing including our Time Out Collection search the library catalogue uhl-library.nhs.uk/catalogue @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @UHLwellbeing @Healthinfoweek

Day 4 of Health Information Week and today is all about #MentalHealth. See healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/healthinfoweek… for more information. @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @UHLwellbeing @uhllib @Healthinfoweek #HIW2026

Day 3 of Health Information Week and today is all about Women's health For more information see healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/healthinfoweek… @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @UHLwellbeing @uhllib @Healthinfoweek #HIW2026

Day 2 of Health Information week and today is all about Translated patient information. See healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/healthinfoweek… for more information @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @UHLwellbeing @uhllib @Healthinfoweek #HIW2026

Day 1 of #HealthInformationWeek and today is all about Children and Young People. See healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/healthinfoweek… for useful resources @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @Healthinfoweek @UHLwellbeing @WACEducationUHL @uhllib #HIW2026

Next week is Health Information Week. Watch this space for the daily themes! @Healthinfoweek @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @UHLwellbeing @uhllib #HIW2026

Interesting session on primary care and the use of AI. #NHSAIAmbassadors

A great new resource on embedding health literacy in an organisation, what it is, the impact of low health literacy and case studies of successful projects nhsproviders.org/resources/impr… @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @RMitchell_NHS @DrRuw

If you are looking for trustworthy, reliable and evidence based health information look no further then the PIF Tick Directory. Health information you can trust. piftick.org.uk #HealthLiteracyMonth @DrRuw @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs

Today is the feast day of St Ursula! While we don't encourage feasting in the library, feel free to come to Odames Library @Leic_hospital Royal Infirmary & feast your eyes on our beautiful stained glass window of St Ursula which used to be in St Luke's chapel #TeamUHL @AandHUHL

What are the most important things to remember when writing patient information? Here are a few useful tips: @DrRuw @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @uhllib @EsmRrcv #HealthLiteracyMonth

What are the factors that affect peoples ability to understand patient information? And as well as these where we live also has an impact! @DrRuw @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs

Useful tip of the day! Medical language can be difficult for people to understand. Use everyday language and avoid the jargon. #HealthLiteracyMonth @DrRuw @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs

Did you know that where you live affects your health literacy? Did you know that Leicester has one of the worst rates of health literacy in the country? What can we do to improve things? Sign up to our health literacy training. @DrRuw @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs #HealthLiteracyMonth

How do you know that health information you find online can be trusted? It is time to UNMASK misinformation - want to know how? #HealthLiteracyMonth @DrRuw @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @LearningUHL1

How can you make sure the patient information you write can be understood easily? Here are a few simple tips 👇 #HealthLiteracyMonth @DrRuw @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs

Useful tip of the day. How to write in plain English. Using the NHS document readability tool can help highlight long sentences, passive sentences and difficult words readability.ncldata.dev @DrRuw @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @LearningUHL1 #HealthLiteracyMonth