Health Literacy Community of Practice

Our Health Literacy Community of Practice is for all people who have an interest in health literacy.

The next Health Literacy Community of Practice meeting is taking place on Monday 6 October 2025 at 1pm – 2.30pm.

Event description:

At our October meeting, you’ll hear about:

• Andrew Taylor, Specialist Registrar in Public Health: Organisational health literacy – our journey at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals.
• Emma Davidson, Strategic Manager – North East and North Cumbria ICB Health Literacy Team: What would a national NHS health literacy toolkit look like? Summary of NHS England Commissioned report.
• Lorna Dawson, Health Literacy Specialist – North East and North Cumbria ICB Health Literacy Team: What would a national NHS health literacy training model look like? Summary of NHS England Commissioned report.

Who should attend?

This event is open to existing members of the Health Literacy Community of Practice. We also encourage any new members who have an interest in health literacy. We welcome people from the NHS, local authorities, voluntary organisations, education, libraries and community engagement groups.

For more information, please feel free to join our a Health Literacy - Community of Practice FutureNHS platform (https://future.nhs.uk/neycophealthliteracy). You will be able to access a range of resources from a range of sources and be kept up to date with events happening.

During the session

We will keep participants muted whilst we are presenting. This avoids distracting our speakers and reduces sensory stimulation which is important for some people. However, if you wish to ask a question you can do this by adding it to the chat box.

If you need a break at any time during the session, then please leave the meeting and re-join again when you feel ready.

Accessibility

Information on accessibility features in Teams can be found here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/accessibility-support-for-microsoft-teams-d12ee53f-d15f-445e-be8d-f0ba2c5ee68f and you can contact us with any other accessibility questions.

If you have additional needs, please email yoyo.kwan@healthinnovationnenc.org.uk and we’ll do what we can to help you.