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Introducing a map of Healthy Start uptake
Isaac Smith, Technology Advisor, shares how and why the Healthy Start team created a map of Healthy Start voucher uptake.
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Lessons for content design in the alpha phase
Iain Cooper, Senior Content Designer at Public Health England (PHE), shares his experience of working on a service assessment alpha.
Changing the name of a service
This blog post is about how and why the name of Healthy Start is changing. It discusses how the team is finding a new name and how the team will test if the name is good enough.
Getting feedback from retailers about Healthy Start
This blog post shares the findings from a survey the team did with retailers who help the Healthy Start scheme. It gives insights into how retailers administer healthy start, how they get reimbursed for accepting vouchers and their satisfaction with the service among other findings.
Strengthening our culture of evaluation
Digital health interventions – like the apps found in the NHS Apps Library – have enormous potential to improve the public’s health. At Public Health England (PHE), we want to make sure our digital health interventions work well. So we’re …
The most valuable Healthy Start resources
This blog post is about a survey the team conducted exploring what resources people/organisations need to help deliver the Healthy Start service.
Guest post: leading the way in evaluating digital public health
I think clinicians, patients and commissioners have a right to expect a level of evidence for digital tools that is equivalent to the level of evidence for other interventions that we use in healthcare. – Clinical academic, London This year …
Guest blog: introducing a service design approach at PHE
In March, our team at Public Health England (PHE) wrapped up a discovery phase, exploring how to support children and their families on healthier weight journeys. Helping families follow healthier lifestyles, including reaching a healthier weight, is a national priority. …
Guest blog: supporting healthier weight journeys for families
The challenge space Public Health England’s (PHE) digital weight management programme explores the role digital could play in a family’s healthier weight journey. There are an increasing number of children with excess weight across England, with over a third of …
Working in partnership to improve our digital spend controls guidance
Over the past few months, we’ve been working with colleagues from across our community of arm's length bodies (ALBs) to understand how we could improve the advice and guidance around digital spend controls. This has been a partnership between Public …