NHS Digital Health literacy resource

It is really encouraging to see NHS Digital providing advice on writing content for users with poor Health Literacy.
https://beta.nhs.uk/service-manual/practices/create-content-for-users-with-low-health-literacy

How you can create better content

You can help reduce the problems caused by low health literacy by making sure your content is written at a level most users can understand.

You can do this by:

• using a readability tool to help prioritise your content
• following the NHS design principles when you create content
• following our advice how to write for NHS digital services
• doing user research with users who have low health literacy

We’ve found that doing these things benefits all users, not just those with low health literacy.

Read more about this

• Health Education England: health literacy toolkit
• Learning and Work Institute: How to produce clear written materials for a range of readers (PDF, 377kb)
• Patient Information Forum: Toolkit for creating health information that works
• US Office for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Health literacy online