I joined the Department of Health as the head of digital strategy in July 2013. Since then, our little team has saved less than £1m, not created any new jobs, not revolutionised health and care, and not spent its budget. And that’s all a good thing.
Through the work of our Digital Content and Engagement teams, we've recognised a couple of clear end user needs when it comes to Government communications:
In the past we've called it 'policy'. But I don't think that's the right word any more.
23 March 2015 marked the one year anniversary of day that the World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak. The disease has taken the lives of over 10,000 men, women and children in west Africa. At the Department of Health …
Digital delivery has huge potential to transform the health and care system –improving services to patients, supporting new models of care, driving efficiencies that allow more time to be spent on those most in need. The NHS deals with over …
If you haven’t heard of her already, there is a remarkable lady called Kate Swaffer. She is, as she puts it in her twitter biography, an advocate for people with dementia, living well with young onset dementia, a speaker, author, …