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Toolkit for producing patient information, 2003

Version 2.0

We need to improve and monitor the information we provide for patients across the NHS. To achieve this, we have developed a toolkit which includes guidance on how to produce written information for patients and a series of templates. We have designed it to make it easier for the NHS to produce good-quality information for patients and assess how it is used. We have developed the toolkit with the Patient Information Forum (a national group representing people who work in the area of patient information in the NHS and the voluntary sector), the Royal National Institute for the Blind and Plain English Campaign. The Centre for Health Information Quality (CHIQ) assessed the feedback from the consultation on the first edition of the toolkit