Connecting: an Evolving experience
I and two other colleagues recently had the chance to spend time at Evolve Housing + Support in East Croydon as part of the department’s connecting programme.
Introducing the Healthy Start discovery
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Matt Harrington and John Cockburn, Posted on:
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Capability, Services and products, User research
Hi, I’m Matt. I work in the Department of Health Digital team and my time is split between the NHS.UK Beta programme and the Healthy Start Scheme. On Healthy Start I’ll be offering support as a Product Manager. Hi, I’m …
Gifted amateurs, experts and people who don’t flit around
I think we’re at our best when we’re at our most expert. It’s a sentiment shared by the outgoing minister for the Cabinet Office who said the other day that the days of the gifted amateur are over, advising civil …
The digital team do it like this
Since the end of January I’ve been doing a slightly different job at the department, working on communications performance and improvement, alongside my work in the digital team. It’s a pragmatic arrangement for the department, enabling us to cover a …
Intranet iterations
We’ve been doing some more work on our intranet. Here's a rundown of our latest release and some final thoughts on what I've learnt working on this product. Why take a digital approach to an intranet? I’ve said in previous posts …
HFEA website and clinic finder - Beta service assessment
The panel would like to thank the service team for their time, the amount of effort which clearly went into the assessment and congratulate them on passing. Thanks to colleagues from NHS Blood & Transplant for joining DH on the …
HFEA clinic portal - service assessment
Thanks to HFEA for answering questions against the standard honestly and clearly, and to colleagues from Ministry of Justice and NHS Blood & Transplant for joining DH on the assessment panel. The clinic portal allows clinics to submit, obtain and …
A Highway Code for spend controls
If you’re working in a digital team in government you will already be well aware of the digital spend controls that the Cabinet Office introduced 3 years ago. We’ve recently updated our guidance on spend controls and our annotated version …
Building a digital community in health
Forming communities seems like a lot of work. It involves finding the right people, the right topics and the right venue. They need to be self-organising and people need to be engaged. But it’s something we’re keen to do for digital …
Relaunching the digital champions
The digital champions network in Department of Health has now entered its third year - and it has started with a bang. To relaunch the champions we first took a step back to think about how the network has operated …