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Patient Information @LeicPatientLib

Part of UHL Libraries & Information Services (@uhllib) - Promoting high quality evidence-based information for patients, families and carers.

Joined October 2017
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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
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What can you do to help yourself with continence issues? Tried decaf drinks? Find out more at yourhealth.leicestershospita… @UHLContinence @Leic_hospital #WorldContinenceWeek

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Patient Information retweeted
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@NHSuk
Jun 15
It’s #CervicalScreeningAwarenessWeek. Women aged 25 to 64 are invited for cervical screening. It checks for changes to cells in your cervix, helping prevent cervical cancer. If invited, or you missed your last screening, contact your GP practice or local sexual health clinic.

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#WorldContinenceWeek patient information for @Leic_hospital 's patients is available at yourhealth.leicestershospita… @EsmRrcv @UHLContinence @LeicGeriatrics
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On Weds 6 @Leic_hospital staff attended @uhllib's 1st Writing patient information in plain English with the help of AI. Feedback was positive! We covered the #NHS document readability tool, Editor in Word , #NHS style content guide & Copilot @RMitchell_NHS @DrRuw @simon_pizzey
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Patient Information retweeted
NHS
@NHSuk
May 30
Thunderstorms can trigger symptoms for those with lung conditions, like asthma. If the weather makes your symptoms worse and you need to use your inhaler more, talk to your pharmacist, contact your GP or NHS 111.
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UHL Libraries & Information Services@uhllib
May 13
‼️ Monday's Health Literacy Awareness session was well attended and greatly appreciated by those who were there. 👇 The full evaluations are below. 🆓 Find dates for the rest of the year and book via uhlhelm.com or knowledgeshare.nhs.uk #uhllibHLA
A graph showing increased understanding of health literacy issues as a result of the course, increasing 68.4% on average.

ALT A graph showing increased understanding of health literacy issues as a result of the course, increasing 68.4% on average.

An image showing comments from participants virtually all of which are very positive.

ALT An image showing comments from participants virtually all of which are very positive.

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Also a new session on Writing in plain English with the help of AI. Limited spaces available.
UHL Libraries & Information Services@uhllib
May 1
2026 training sessions can be found here (uhl-library.nhs.uk/training) & places can be booked via HELM (uhlhelm.com) & KnowledgeShare (knowledgeshare.nhs.uk) 🔎 Literature searching 🗣️ Health literacy ☑️ Critical appraisal 🔢 Using stats & data ✍️ Systematic review
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Patient Information retweeted
UHL Libraries & Information Services@uhllib
May 1
Please note that our libraries will not be staffed on either Monday 4th May or Monday 25th May due to the bank holidays. Usual staffing is in place other than this.
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Day 5 of Health Information Week and it is all about Winter Health. Check out healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/h… @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @UHLwellbeing @uhllib #HIW2026
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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
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Day 4 of Health Information Week and today is all about #MentalHealth. See healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/h… for more information. @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @UHLwellbeing @uhllib @Healthinfoweek #HIW2026
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Day 3 of Health Information Week and today is all about Women's health For more information see healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/h… @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @UHLwellbeing @uhllib @Healthinfoweek #HIW2026
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Day 2 of Health Information week and today is all about Translated patient information. See healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/h… for more information @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @UHLwellbeing @uhllib @Healthinfoweek #HIW2026
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Day 1 of #HealthInformationWeek and today is all about Children and Young People. See healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/h… for useful resources @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @Healthinfoweek @UHLwellbeing @WACEducationUHL @uhllib #HIW2026
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Next week is Health Information Week. Watch this space for the daily themes! @Healthinfoweek @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @UHLwellbeing @uhllib #HIW2026
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Interesting session on primary care and the use of AI. #NHSAIAmbassadors
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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/i… @Leic_hospital @LPTnhs @RMitchell_NHS @DrRuw

Improving health literacy in the NHS

This guide explores what is meant by health literacy, the benefits of applying interventions, recommendations and case studies from trusts that have effectively embedded interventions.

thenhsalliance.org
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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

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