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Date: Friday, June 25, 2010, 11.00 – 15:00.
Venue: University of Manchester

Health Literacy Group UK is hosting a National Health Literacy Seminar: 'Health Literacy and Patient Empowerment'. Sessions include:

• Health Literacy of Organisations:
  Professor Rima Rudd, Harvard School of Public Health

• Helping patients manage their care and have control over their health and well-being:
  Jane Wood, MiHealth, Supporting the information needs of patients and health professionals

• Understanding empowerment in management of long-term conditions:
  Nicola Small, National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, Manchester University

• Developing a Health Literacy Strategy:
  Sam Davis, Health Literacy Manager for Wakefield NHS

• Getting into Reading:
  Jane Davis, Director, The Reading Organisation

To register for this event please log in to the Health Literacy website at www.healthliteracy.org.uk/. Locate the ‘Events Calendar’ on the right hand side of the Homepage. Once in the Events Calendar find this event, and at the bottom of the event’s page under the Registered Users section click ‘Register for this event.’