Health literacy empowers patients to make informed decisions about their health, leading to better treatment outcomes and reduced health disparities.

Did you know?
Nearly 7 out of 10 people in Lambeth and 5 out of 10 people in Bromley have low health literacy and numeracy¹. This means that they will struggle to understand basic health information. 

What can we do?
Effective communication is essential to ensure that patients understand their conditions and treatment enhancing patient-centred care and shared decision making.

Sign up to one of our health literacy workshops to find out:

    • what is health literacy and why does it matter

    • the impact of poor health literacy on patients and the link to health inequalities

    • tools and techniques that can support patients with low health literacy

This 1 hour session is accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) and is open to all King's College Hospital staff. 

Course availability

Open to Kings College Hospital staff. Places are limited and are on a first come, first served basis.

Delivery

This session will be delivered using Microsoft Teams.

You will be sent an invitation containing the link to the specific Teams meeting 24 hours prior to the meeting. If you register for the workshop after this time you will receive an invitation up to two hours before the workshop begins.

Attendance

If after registering you find you are unable to attend please cancel your booking through the link sent in your registration email.

Bespoke workshop

If you would like to arrange this session specifically for your team please contact Karen Poole (Clinical Support Librarian) karen.poole@kcl.ac.uk

 ¹ Data taken from NHS England/University of Southampton health literacy geodata tool http://healthliteracy.geodata.uk/