Easy read publications

You can find our easy read versions of our important guides and leaflets here. Easy read is one way of making our information easier to read for people with a learning disability.

Available publications

• Talking to your doctor, physician associate (PA) or anaesthesia associate (AA)
• A patient's guide to Good medical practice
• What happens if your doctor, PA or AA is worried about your child being safe?
• Information to help you if you want a cosmetic procedure
• Your rights as LGBTQ+ patients
• Unhappy with a doctor, physician associate or anaesthesia associate? What to do and how to tell us about it
• How to tell us what you think of us or complain about our work
• What we are going to work on: from 2026 to 2030

A patient’s guide to Good medical practice

This will help you:

• work together with your doctor, PA or AA
• get the most out of your time with them.

This is based on A patient's guide to good medical practice. 

Talking to your doctor, PA or AA

This will help you:

• talk to your doctor, PA or AA.
• understand how they should talk to you, and explain what care they think you need.

This is based on Talking to your doctor, PA or AA about your care. 

What happens if your doctor, PA or AA is worried about your child being safe?

This will help you:

• understand the steps a doctor, PA or AA may take if they're concerned that a child or young person is at risk of abuse or neglect.

This is based on What to expect if your doctor, PA or AA is worried about your child’s safety.

Information to help you if you want a cosmetic procedure

This will help you:

• understand what good practice is when you want to change something about your body or the way you look.

This is based on Cosmetic procedures: what do I need to consider?

Your rights as LGBTQ+ patients

This will help you:

• understand how patients from the LGBTQ+ community can expect the same care from their doctor, PA and AA as everyone else.

This is based on Your rights as LGBTQ+ patients. 

Unhappy with a doctor, PA or AA? What to do and how to tell us about it

This will help you:

• understand what you should tell us about
• who else can help you, if we cannot.

This is based on our raise a concern process.

How to tell us what you think of us or complain about our work

This will help you:

• give us an idea to help us with our work
• say thank you
• tell us you are unhappy about something we did – this is called making a complaint.

This is based on complaints and feedback about our service.

What we are going to work on: from 2026 to 2030

This will help you:

• understand what we as an organisation are mainly going to work on from 2026 to 2030
• understand what we want to achieve and how we will do this.

This is based on Our strategy 2026-30.