Patients: Patient leaflets
We have used the Department of Health Toolkit for Producing Patient Information. This gives guidelines on producing good quality information to meets the needs of patients and the public, in addition to our own needs. A Patient Information Review Group oversees our production of leaflets and ensures complaince with the policy.
Please note: These leaflets should not be read in isolation but used in conjunction with any consultation by your care practitioner (e.g. consultant, doctor, nurse, physiotherapist).
Search our patient leaflets:
Covid-19 leaflets »
- Covid-19 What to expect vaccination 562 KB (pdf)
- Covid-19 vaccination Easy Read guide 1648 KB (pdf)
- Covid-support 304 KB (pdf)
- Covid 19 swabbing 638 KB (pdf)
- Easy Read stay safe 1366 KB (pdf)
- Easy read falling ill 1109 KB (pdf)
- Easy read health issues 1669 KB (pdf)
- Pregnancy vaccine information sheet 368 KB (pdf)
Vaccine information
- Vaccination guide for older adults (various languages)
- What to expect after the vaccine (various languages)
- Why you are being asked to wait (various languages)
- Women of childbearing age, currently pregnant or breastfeeding (various languages)
Browse by service/department »
- Alderbourne Rehabilitation Unit
- Bereavement Office
- Blood
- Breastfeeding
- Breast Unit
- Cancer
- Cardiac Care Unit (CCU)
- Care of the Elderly
- Chaplaincy
- Children
- Colorectal
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Dietetics
- Discharge
- Endoscopy
- Gastroenterology
- Hearing aid centre
- Infection Control
- Inpatients
- Intensive Care & High Dependency Unit
- Maternity
- Occupational Therapy
- Orthopaedics
- Paediatric Audiology
- Palliative Care
- Pathology
- Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)
- Physiotherapy
- Radiology
- Rehabilitation - Specialist Rehabilitation Service
- Rheumatology
- Trauma
- Urology
Easy read and pictorial leaflets »
We have a selection of leaflets in larger print and/or with pictures for an easier read (below). These are all in pdf and open a new window.
- Cornonavirus: what if I fall ill? 1.08Mb
- Coronavirus and health issues 1.62Mb
- Coronavirus: how to stay safe 1.33Mb
- Blood: Taking Blood (171KB, pdf)
- Going into Hospital (424KB, pdf)
- HealthWatch leaflet from the Care Quality Commission (1.3MB, pdf)
- Making sure the Care Act works (2.8MB, pdf)
- Organ Donation (957KB, pdf)
- Outpatients - Questions to Ask - at your Appointment (325KB, pdf)
- Plaster Cast Removal (484KB, pdf)
- People with Down’s Syndrome - Looking After Your Eyes (from See Ability) (950KB, pdf)
- Questions to ask: Getting The Most Out of Your Medical Appointment (81KB, pdf)
- Same Sex Accomodation - from NHS Communications (665KB)
- Staying In The Hospital (411KB, pdf)
- Making a complaint - Easy Read (462KB, pdf)
There are also a number of useful leaflets on the Pathway Associates website.
Leaflets from the Department of Health »
- Choosing Health – Plans for Improving People’s Health (Large Print) - from DoH (2.85MB, pdf)
- Consent – A Guide for People with Learning Disabilities (Large Print) - from DoH (160KB, pdf)
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and You - from DoH (942KB, pdf)
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – what you should know - from DoH (2.66MB, pdf)
- Disabilities (Easy Read) - from DoH (160KB, pdf)
- Local Involvement Networks explained - from DoH (658KB, pdf)
- Mental Capacity Act (Easy Read) - from DoH (281KB, pdf)
- Safeguarding Adults with Learning Disabilities - from DoH (358KB, pdf)
PALS leaflets in other languages
PALS leaflet in Somali
PALS: Adeega Talo siinta iyo Xiriirinta Bukaankada (pdf, 216KB)
PALS leaflet in Punjabi (pdf, 283KB)
PALS leaflet in Tamil (pdf, 183KB)
PALS leaflet in Polish
PALS: Zespół ds. porad i usług dla pacjentów (Patient Advice and Liaison Service) (pdf, 271KB)
Raising a concern or making a complaint - leaflet in other languages
Raising a concern or making a complaint - leaflet in Somali
Walaac muujin ama cabasho soo jeedin (pdf, 231KB)
Raising a concern or making a complaint - leaflet in Punjabi (pdf, 383KB)
Raising a concern or making a complaint - leaflet in Tamil (pdf, 135KB)
Raising a concern or making a complaint - leaflet in Polish
Zgłoszenie zastrzeżenia lub złożenie skargi (pdf, 225KB)
