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We publish digital content for 3 main reasons: to explain policy for policy engagement, to help make better policy for transparency The main channel for publishing our digital content is gov.uk. We want the Department of Health to have the …
One of the actions in the DH Digital strategy commitment to improve the development and impact of its open policymaking is: 'to develop a toolkit to help policymakers identify the most appropriate digital tools and techniques for each stage of …
We encourage and welcome open, lively debate, but the decision to publish comments received via our sites remains at our discretion. The views expressed by any third parties are solely theirs and are not necessarily endorsed by the Department. Moderation …
Before reading this please refer to the official attributed digital content policy. What is a blog? A blog is a simple and informal personal online journal that allows readers to add their own comments. Standard characteristics, features and functions: Entries …
1. The Department of Health supports staff who publish attributed official digital content, where it can help deliver policy and communications objectives. Context 2. There has been a massive growth in the social web in recent years – people are …
Summary In line with Civil Service Reform and wider government policy, the Department of Health encourages its staff to use internet tools that aid productivity or provide useful functionality. But staff should be aware that tools provided by third parties …
I wrote a few weeks ago about changes to DH's digital operations, and our plans to streamline the number of digital channels we use. Stephen Hale also wrote recently about the types of digital content we use to explain policy, …
Content on the Department of Health website will move to GOV.UK in the morning. If you visit tomorrow, you’ll see some new content, some old content and some content that has been retro-fitted to new formats. It’s been quite a …
Digital content is integral to our communication and policy engagement work. The department's digital strategy sets out how the the department will use digital tools and techniques to improve its policymaking process and communicate with its external audiences. Digital tools …
The countdown has begun. There are now just 10 weeks to go until we switch off www.dh.gov.uk and move over to the single government website GOV.UK. Our scheduled go-live date is Tuesday 26 March and with Christmas behind us it …