What is the Statewide Health Literacy Hub (the Hub)?


The Hub is a NSW Health initiative that builds and advances health literacy leadership and capacity at local and system levels. 

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Join our final seminar for 2025!

What does it take to create environments where patients feel safe to speak up, ask questions, and take part in decisions about their care?

Across NSW Health, teams are recognising that psychological safety isn’t just vital for staff, it’s foundational to patient experience. When trust, openness and respect guide our interactions, communication is clearer, care is safer, and relationships are stronger. 

Bringing Psychological Safety to the Patient Experience

Date: Tuesday 9 December 2025
Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm AEST

Location: The Hub Community

Format: Chair and discussants

Register now!
Vision  

An equitable healthcare system is one where everyone can easily access, understand and use healthcare services. The Hub supports healthcare organisations to improve equity for NSW communities through a focus on health literacy.

Mission

The mission of the Hub is to support healthcare organisations to apply health literacy to:

  • improvements in clinical safety and quality,
  • consumer and community engagement in healthcare, and
  • research innovation and its translation into practice.

We do this by

Building and advancing leadership and capacity at local levels to…

  • Build awareness and capacity in health literacy
  • Foster partnerships and knowledge sharing in health literacy
  • Enhance systemwide processes and resource implementation
  • Develop and grow health literacy research, translation and dissemination
  • Empower consumer/community to achieve outcomes that matter to them