Health literacy is a two-sided issue, comprising both an individual’s ability to understand and use information to make decisions about their health and care, and a ‘systems issue’, reflecting the complexity of health information and the health care system. Improving health literacy is a key influence on people’s health behaviours and, therefore, their health and wellbeing. This in turn has a benefit for the NHS as it reduces the demand each individual places on the health service. Feel free to explore these resources to support your professional development.
Health Literacy- North East and Yorkshire Community of Practice -FutureNHS Collaboration platform
NHS Document Readability Tool- You add text into the document and it will give you the reading age. You can then work on the text to try and reduce the reading age.
Health Literacy How to Guide
NHS A-Z of Health Writing
Health Literacy Toolkit
Health Literacy Programme free e-learning module-This e-learning session takes about 30 minutes to complete.
Find more confidence in supporting your patients who are parents, & learn tips to put easily into practice.
The main aim of Fruit Fly Collective is to build new ways to support children, adults and families affected by cancer through creativity, education, research and communication. Their webinar series for professionals aims to support health and social care professionals who are caring for cancer patients who are parents to children under the age of 18. Each webinar focuses on a topic that parents have reported they want guidance around.
FrontLine Communication is the number one 'Communication Skills & Emotional Intelligence' training provider in the UK for Healthcare and beyond.
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GatewayC is an NHS-funded online platform offering cancer-focused e-learning courses and other resources to primary care.
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It is now a legal requirement to comply with the Accessible Information Standard. The reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag- elearning for healthcare is free and available for healthcare professionals working with LD Patients, mainly Primary and Secondary Care but will also include Health and Social Colleagues.
The Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag is a national record which indicates that reasonable adjustments are required for an individual and optionally includes details of their significant impairments, key adjustments that should be considered, and underlying conditions.
NHS England has built the Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag in the NHS Spine to enable health and care professionals to record, share and view details of reasonable adjustments across the NHS, wherever the person is treated. The Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag action checklist can be used to guide what you need to do to ensure compliance.
Macmillan offer free education and training for health and social care professionals working in cancer care via the Macmillan Learning Hub.
To support health and social care professionals using the ACCEND framework, the Macmillan education and training offer has been mapped to the twenty-four ACCEND capabilities. Once you are logged into the hub, click on the links in this page to go directly to the learning that is relevant to your level of practice.
Dont forget to upload your certificate to the free ePortfolio available to all healthcare workers who deliver Cancer services across the West Midlands region.
Macmillan Learning Hub
ELFH is now in the process of delivering or developing more than 400 elearning programmes in collaboration with organisations including Royal Colleges, Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement and Public Health England.
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Access free online learning modules and view the latest webinars
Cancer Research UK online learning
As genomics moves into routine clinical care, an increasing number of NHS professionals are likely to encounter genomics as part of their jobs. All healthcare professionals are likely to need to some level of genomics knowledge, including the impact it can have on diagnosing and treating patients with cancer or a rare disease.
Nationally, Health Education England have developed a Genomics Education Programme (GEP) to ensure NHS staff have the knowledge, skills and experience needed to deliver genomic medicine.
Central and South Genomics Education & Training
You can check out previous webinars by visiting the Central and South Genomics YouTube channel
The British College of Dermatology offer a range of dermatology courses and events for healthcare professionals. Courses are available for pharmacists, students, and GP’s.
British College of Dermatology Education Hub
This interactive, open-access resource is designed for health professionals working with children and young people in oncology settings, but with plenty of crossover relevance for wider prehabilitation and rehabilitation teams.
The module is thoughtfully structured with:
What’s particularly great about this resource is how it brings physical activity into broader multidisciplinary practice and reinforces learning through real-world stories and interactive reflection. Its blended learning approach with a range of interactive exercises creates an engaging way to learn by applying your knowledge and receiving instant feedback.
To learn more, and sign up to your Children and Young Peoples (CYP) eLearning account, follow the link below.
CYP eLearning
Dont forget to log your learning on the ePortfolio!
The ‘123 Approach’ to Health Inequalities training has been developed by the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance (CMCA) as a way to empower NHS staff working in cancer services to understand and tackle health inequalities themselves.
This approach encourages staff in all areas of the organisation to see health inequalities as their own responsibility and supports them to take action.
Access the 123 Approach course
Provided by Macmillan Cancer Support, this module aims to develop your knowledge to support individuals facing challenges due to cancer or its treatment.
This learning is suitable for:
You'll need a free Macmillan Learning Hub account to start learning.
Access the Level 1 Acute Oncology course
Additional Acute Oncology resources
Birmingham City University (BCU) also offer a level three Acute Oncology module. The Applied Cancer Practice Course is aimed at post qualification healthcare professionals working with people effected by cancer. It is designed to be aligned to the national ACCEND (Aspirant Cancer Career and Education Development) framework to meet the educational needs of the modern cancer healthcare workforce.
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An evidence-based online course to help healthcare professionals integrate physical activity conversations into routine clinical care (CPD accredited and endorsed by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine).
Moving Medicine Active Conversations
Free e-learning courses (as well as a range of other, paid for, courses) that are designed to support all health and care professionals to deliver personalised care.
Personalised Care Institute
Pancreatic Cancer UK have the following online healthcare professional information and training courses to improve awareness and expertise about pancreatic cancer:
Introduction to pancreatic cancer - part one (CPD Certification)
Introduction to pancreatic cancer - part two (CPD Certification)
Introduction to pancreatic cancer - part three (CPD Certification)
The below guide has been endorsed by the British Dietetic Association and Pancreatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland:
A health professional’s guide to pancreatic cancer and pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT)
A new elearning resource for nurses to develop their understanding of Makaton and learn basic Makaton signs, has been added to the NHS Learning Hub.
The training provides information about the different ways in which people communicate, and how nurses need to consider these different options when caring for people. It also provides key techniques and tips to use as nurses to improve our communication skills, and provides resources that will help us as nurses to learn skills to effectively provide care for people with different communication needs and styles.
Makaton training