Welcome to your weekly round-up of the latest news, studies and views for professionals working in health and patient information.
London Evelina Film and Stories for Health create video for parents of children having intensive play-based therapy.
Macmillan's new RESTORE app aims to support people living with cancer-related fatigue.
Independent Age is looking for a Writer/Editor to develop and produce innovative and useful information and advice resources.
Prostate Cancer UK is looking for a Health Information Coordinator to support a busy team internally and externally, including their website, social media…
The LGBT Foundation Patients’ Experiences of Primary Care Annual Survey is now live.
PIF member Pancreatic Cancer UK has published a manifesto calling for a host of improvements to boost pancreatic cancer survival rates.
This month’s issue of Health Expectations looks at how patient stories can be used to improve health services around the world.
This article from the BMJ looks at the promising results of a five-year trial focused on patient-centred care.
At PIF, we believe ‘medically accurate’ and ‘health literacy appropriate’ are not mutually exclusive.
A EURIPIDES study aims to identify how best to collect and use patient experience data to support improvements in NHS inpatient mental health care.
New research shows 60% of first page Google results for a named antibiotic are likely to lead to fake products.
This article discusses the ‘hidden epidemic’ of low health literacy in the US, its impact, and what both medical professionals and patients can do to…
All prescriptions across England will be digitised in a national roll-out of the electronic prescription service next month.
Good Things Foundation is celebrating the positive impact digital can have for older people with the launch of a toolkit.
In the run-up to Self Care Week 2019, Hilary Swales has written a blog on self care before surgery.
PIF member NICE has teamed up with SCIE to release a new guide aimed at young people with autism and their families.
A programme designed to address the health literacy needs of a city’s immigrant and refugee population has ‘demonstrated wide success’.
