The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Making yourself understood?
Would you like people to properly read your emails, letters, leaflets and reports?
And wouldn’t it be even better if they understood and acted on them?
Writing in Plain English makes a huge difference to how effective your communications are. Two key principles are to write with your reader in mind and avoid jaron.
NHS Lanarkshire has a good practice guide to written communication available at http://firstport2/staff-support/ communications/default.aspx .
Advice is also available: www.plainenglish.co.uk .
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