Winning the IBM challenge with a Hoot
This guest blogpost is from Colin Pattinson - a digital and technology (DAT) fast streamer. Colin took part in the IBM challenge during his placement in the Department of Health Digital Strategy team.
HFEA clinic portal - live service assessment
The clinic portal allows clinics to submit, obtain and manage clinic information and allows the HFEA to give clinics performance data. Clinics will access alerts, guidance and news via the portal. Inspection reports and other compliance activities will be published …
NICE META tool - Beta service assessment
Department / Agency: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Date of Assessment: 26th September 2016 Assessment Stage: Beta Result of Assessment: Not pass Lead Assessor: M.Harrington Service Manager: M.Hope Digital Leader: K.Farrington Assessment Report Overview https://digitalhealth.blog.gov.uk/wp-admin/tools.php After consideration, the …
The future of digital engagement at DH
I’ve been thinking about the future of the Digital Engagement Team at DH. If you’ve been reading any of Stephen’s blogs, you’ll have read about some of the changes happening here at DH. The department is getting smaller, and we are …
Healthy Start alpha planning
In the last post we shared with you the key themes that emerged from the Healthy Start user research during our discovery phase. In this post we’d like to tell you about our plans for the alpha phase where we’ll be …
Service assessments in health: bringing it back to basics
I’m the delivery manager for the digital strategy team and I want to tell you about the lo-fi service assessment approach we recently piloted.
Healthy Start discovery - what we learned
In August we introduced you to the Healthy Start digital programme. The discovery phase of the programme has now concluded and we’re keen to share with you some of the things we’ve learned.
Six months as a business analyst in DH Digital
As a digital and technology fast streamer, I’ve just finished a 6 month stint as a business analyst in the DH digital team. My previous posting was at Navy HQ on Whale Island in Portsmouth, working on cyber security and data …
Introducing the NHS Jobs discovery
The NHS is the world’s 5th largest employer, coming in behind McDonalds.
Hold on, I think we might have fundamentally different ideas about what comms is
This is the third in a series of blogs about my role in DH 2020, the department’s programme to become a better, leaner organisation. At the Department of Health we are redefining and restructuring many of our teams as part …