Easy read and communication support for
healthcare
and medical professionals
Easy read and communication support for
healthcare
and medical professionals
The Accessible Information Standard aims to ensure that patients who have a disability, impairment or sensory loss have access to information that they can understand and any communication support they require, including easy read and symbols.
Widgit has pioneered symbol communication for more than 30 years and can help your organisation meet the standard in a number of ways:
"It is essential that our volunteers can engage in the best way possible with those beneficiaries who are hardest to care for and are most vulnerable. The Communication Book is a key component of our toolkit."
Richard Hankins, Head of Event First Aid
Create your own materials with Widgit Symbols, specifically designed for use in healthcare settings. These symbols are an add-on for the following Widgit software:
Widgit Online
InPrint 3SymWriter
Bulgarian versions of the A&E Passport, Child Daycase Materials, Medical Encounter board and paramedic symbol board
translated by Фондация "АСИСТ – Помагащи технологии" http://assistfoundation.eu.
Supporting patients with Covid-19 in Critical CareDeveloped together with the Speech and Language Therapy Team at Weston General Hospital, this symbol board can assist medical staff in communication with patients who are critically ill due to Covid-19.
Talking to your doctor about your medicinesThis symbol supported booklet is designed to help patients prepare for their medication review or annual health check with their doctor. Developed in collaboration with NHS West Hampshire CCG
Supporting foreign patients in hospital26 key phrases for patients supported by symbols now in 29 languages. New languages include Croatian.
Immunisation InformationA simple step by step explanation of what will happen when a child receives an immunisation by injection or immunisation by nasal spray.
Developed with Ann Poll - Team Lead CNCLD Buckinghamshire NHS Healthcare Trust
Going to the DoctorsA new easy read document preparing patients for a visit to the doctors, developed in partnership with Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
New medical boards from the PPCNA communication board developed in partnership with The Patient Provider Communication Network, to help provide an easy-to-use and readily available resource for patients with communication vulnerabilities facing medical interactions.
Maltese versions of the Child Daycase Materials,
translated by Veronica Montanaro.
Supporting children having a tracheostomyA resource designed for children, young people and their families to help them understand the process of having a tracheostomy. Developed in association with Liz Clements, Speech and Language Therapist, Community Children's Health Partnership, North Bristol NHS Trust.
Special offer - 50% discountSheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust have developed a set of materials to help patients understand the procedures, sequence of events and people associated with a visit to hospital.
21 new PDFs for patientsFor hospital visits, blood tests, healthy living, kidney stones, tests, healthy teeth and much more...
Supporting foreign patients in hospital26 key phrases for patients supported by symbols now in 28 languages. New languages include Danish...
New free materials in Danish
Danish versions of the Child Daycase Materials,
translated by Simon Vaaben, www.danskbasen.dk
Free Diabetes advice resourcesNewly updated versions of the Diabetes Alphabet Strategy in both symbols and text.
Updated for 2013. This ever popular free resource is available in 9 different languages: English, Czech, Danish, German, Karen (Myanmar), Norwegian, Polish, Romanian and Slovak.
It is available as a PDF that can be filled in on screen or by hand once printed.
Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust have developed a set of materials to help patients with learning difficulties understand the procedures, equipment and sequence of events associated with having a dental xray.
New free materials in Karen (Myanmar)
Karen versions of the A&E Communication Passport, Child Daycase Materials and Bedside Messages
translated by Ms. Sunday Moo, Akron Children's Hospital. www.akronchildrens.org
New free materials in Italian
Italian versions of the Child Daycase Materials,
translated by Auxilia, www.auxilia.it
New free materials in Norwegian
Norwegian versions of the A&E passport and Child Daycase Materials,
translated by NorMedia AS, www.normedia.no
German versions of the A&E passport and Child Daycase Materials,
translated by Dr. Julius Deutsch, Kommhelp e.V. www.kommhelp.de
We have been working with Speak Unlimited Inc to create free symbol boards for paramedics and school nurses. The boards are available in British English and dual-language American / Spanish.
Some of our downloadable resources are now available in Czech, Polish, Romanian, Serbian and Slovak.
Explain hospital eye testsColchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust have developed a simple step-by-step explanation of what will happen when your child attends an eye clinic appointment at a hospital.
For more information on our symbol software
and educational products, visit widgit.com