Tools
Health literacy toolkit
Health literacy is the ability to understand and act on information about health. Those with lower levels of health literacy are more likely to have poorer health outcomes.
Providing clear-to-understand information benefits everyone, regardless of their level of health literacy.
Download a copy of the NHS Health Literacy Toolkit.
NHS Document Readability Tool
The average reading age of adults in the UK is 9 to 11 years old. The information we write often has a higher reading age than this.
This tool helps you write in a simple and clear way for the average UK reading age.
Access the NHS Document Readability Tool.