Delivering a digital G8 summit
On 11 December it's the first ever G8 dementia summit, in the final days of the UK's presidency. It's an event imbued with hope – the hope of anyone who has ever been affected by dementia or loved someone who …
Digital teams, end-to-end communication, and the digital communications capability review
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Capability, Content, Engagement, Policymaking, Strategy
I was the only member of my first government digital communications team. I was a Website Manager, and managing a website was the limit of my responsibilities. Digital communication teams have got a bit bigger, and have become responsible for …
A wonky gene and the web: triennial update
When I talk to people about how they might approach writing an official blog, I always say they should make sure they're prepared to give enough of themself to make it interesting. People tend to read blogs because they are …
Join the DH Digital team as product manager
THIS VACANCY HAS NOW CLOSED We're hiring for a product manager to join the Digital team at the Department of Health. The job is advertised as an HEO grade with a salary of £29,992 to £37,316. View the role on the Civil …
Job: Digital producers wanted
THIS VACANCY HAS NOW CLOSED We are looking for 2 Digital Producers to join our fast moving Digital Content team here at the Department of Health. Are you interested in the web? Do you have good writing and editing skills? …
Are twitter chats really effective?
When you’re limited to 140 characters, can a twitter chat truly be an effective policy engagement tool? Based on my recent experience of a twitter chat with @wenurses, as part of our engagement around the proposed Vulnerable Older People’s Plan, …
How do you use social media in a crisis?
Here at the Department of Health, we always need to be ready in case of a health emergency. For example, last year we published our strategy for how we would communicate if there is another flu pandemic. As a part …
My Kafkaesque apps nightmare
Over the last few months we’ve been inundated with freedom of information (FOI) requests and enquiries about native mobile applications and medical devices. To head-off some of this correspondence I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for a while, …
Checklist for an ideal digital policy engagement campaign
A few weeks ago, I sat down with some of the DH digital team, to talk about digital policy engagement, and how we would like to do it in an ideal world. Over a couple of hours, powered by a …
Sharing our stats from GOV.UK
Since we migrated the DH website to GOV.UK in March this year we have been regularly looking at the stats and each month have produced a report. We send this summary to our Permanent Secretary and senior leadership team as …