Insights
Notes on readable, defensible patient information.
Short, practical pieces on consent, readability and accessibility — from a practising surgeon who kept handing patients leaflets they couldn’t finish.
Can your patients actually read your consent information?
Many surgical leaflets sit well above the patient’s reading age, and the risks often appear late. How to check yours against the Montgomery standard — free.
What reading age is your patient information? A practical guide to readability scores
Flesch, Flesch-Kincaid and SMOG explained for clinical teams — what the scores measure, their limits, and the reading-age target behind them.
PIF TICK, explained: what the quality mark means for patient information
A neutral guide to the UK’s only independently-assessed quality mark for health information — what it certifies, and what good patient information looks like.