Health literacy and patient information workstream

More information about this workstream.

The workstream is led by Ruth Carlyle and Sue Robertson. 

Our focus is assure the quality of knowledge and library services, driving improvement and innovation, on behalf of patients, carers, families and the tax-payer.

Members of the team

Ruth Carlyle, Head of Knowledge and Library Services, Midlands, East and North of England

Sue Robertson, Library and Knowledge Services Development Lead, South East and South West

Noel Cudden, Library and Knowledge Services Development Manager, East of England

Catherine McLaren, Library and Knowledge Services Development Manager, Midlands

Joanne Naughton, Library and Knowledge Services Development Manager, North East

Franco Henwood, Project Manager

Contact the Knowledge for Healthcare team on [email protected].

Workstream elements

1. Develop national 5-year cross-sector partnership to embed health and digital literacy support for citizens.
2. Collaborate on the development and hosting of health literacy training tools.
3. Deliver health literacy train-the-trainer training.
4. Collaborate on tools to improve citizens’ ability to assess reliability of health information”.

Strategy

Go to page 35-6 of Knowledge for Healthcare 2021-6 to see the workstream's strategy and driver diagram.

For the driver diagram in an accessible format.