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Despite widespread use, they can be of variable quality.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Aims:<\/jats:italic> To revise current departmental leaflets using the National Health Service (NHS) Toolkit for Producing Patient Information and to test the effect that this has on the readability scores of the text.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Methods &amp; Procedures:<\/jats:italic> Twenty existing leaflets were revised with the help of the NHS Toolkit for Producing Patient Information. Readability statistics were calculated for each leaflet before and after revision.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Outcomes &amp; Results:<\/jats:italic> The mean Flesch Reading Ease (FRE) score and the Flesch\u2013Kincaid Reading Grade Level (FKRGL) were significantly better in the revised leaflets (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&lt;0.01 and &lt;0.01, respectively). The variability of readability outcome measures was lower in the revised group. 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