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Health Literacy Awareness Training - sessions available.

 Want to improve your communication skills with your patients?

Are you aware of the role low literacy or numeracy can have in impacting if the health information you are providing to patients is understood?

 The Health Library is offering a range of training sessions around Health Literacy Awareness.

 Aims of the session:

-       Introduce you to the concept of health literacy.

-       Consider the impact low health literacy can have on your work, your patients and the NHS.

-       Explore practical methods that can be used to help improve health literacy and the patient experience.

 Sessions:

To book onto a session, email debbie.wyatt@uhnm.nhs.uk

  • Tuesday 29th April 2025, 1 pm – 2 pm, via MS Teams
  • Friday 30th May 2025, 10 am – 11 am, via MS Teams
  • Monday 30th June 2025, 12 pm – 1 pm, via MS Teams

Sessions are accredited by the Royal Society of Public Health.
1 – hour interactive session.
CPD certificate upon completion.
You will need a microphone and camera (please don’t attend on a mobile phone).

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