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Patient communications


Only people who live with a condition day-to-day really understand what it's like. All our materials have a strong patient voice.

Reach Magazine

Reach magazine, produced on behalf of Roche Diagnostics, helps people with diabetes live positively with their condition. Reach is a lifestyle magazine written and edited by people with diabetes and healthcare professionals. Reach contains a wealth of credible health information.

New patient packs

We surveyed members of the National Association of Colitis and Crohn's Disease (NACC) before developing packs for newly diagnosed patients. The packs provide the information people want at the point of diagnosis in a discrete and easy to understand format.

PIA diagnosis survey

A quarter of the PIA's members took the time to complete a survey detailing their route to diagnosis with a primary immunodeficiency. The responses will help in the development of guidelines for faster diagnosis and provide media case studies.

Surgery consent packs

An audio CD featuring interviews with NACC members who had undergone major bowel surgery describes the reality of recovery and post-surgical quality of life for others considering an operation. An atlas of the major procedures gives surgeons a visual aid to help gain informed consent.

Patient Communications
"Reach magazine is an excellent read that offers great information about Diabetes. The magazine keeps me in touch with important issues such as early warning signs regarding my. Reading about the various activities in the 'People with passion' is uplifting."
Reach reader.