One of the best bits of working on the digital team at the Department of Health is the chance to do new things. I don’t mean just trying out the latest technology for the sake of it – it’s about …
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...if you spot any errors!), I thought I’d share what I’ve got. They will soon have a permanent home on the Department of Health’s intranet and I’m looking into the...
We've refreshed the policy and advice that we provide for staff on taking part in online conversations. The focus of this policy is use of social media by policy officials as part of the policy making process. The department has …
Rachel Purkett, Digital Media Manager at Monitor talks about a recent crowdsourcing campaign that has helped to improve policy development in the organisation. At Monitor we recently concluded our second ever ‘crowdsourcing’ campaign. We used a new online platform to …
...that throwing traditional training at large numbers of people won't do it. Fine, it allows for a box to be ticked, but little actual learning takes place. Instead, the approach...
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In the Department of Health’s (DH) Digital Strategy published a year ago, we pledged to adopt a digital first approach to all communications activity and evaluation (among other things!). And since then, the question of how we improve the way …
At SPRINT 14 last week Francis Maude referenced the “splat the rat” game we’re playing with government websites. You shut one and another one appears. At DH we haven’t created any new websites for a long time, but it has …
...up a transition blog on the agency’s intranet site to keep colleagues informed to our progress. 3) The ‘big bang’ website Go Live may not always be the best approach....