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How do you use social media in a crisis?

Posted by: Liz Niman, Posted on: 27 September 2013 - Categories: Engagement

Here at the Department of Health, we always need to be ready in case of a health emergency. For example, last year we published our strategy for how we would communicate if there is another flu pandemic. As a part …

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My Kafkaesque apps nightmare

Posted by: Sarah Wood, Posted on: 12 September 2013 - Categories: Services and products

Over the last few months we’ve been inundated with freedom of information (FOI) requests and enquiries about native mobile applications and medical devices. To head-off some of this correspondence I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for a while, …

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Checklist for an ideal digital policy engagement campaign

Posted by: Stephen Hale, Posted on: 2 September 2013 - Categories: Engagement

A few weeks ago, I sat down with some of the DH digital team, to talk about digital policy engagement, and how we would like to do it in an ideal world. Over a couple of hours, powered by a …

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