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Why you don’t need a social media strategy

Posted by: Susy Wootton, Posted on: 11 June 2013 - Categories: Engagement

I’m often asked about social media strategies, whether DH has one, what our Twitter/Facebook/Pinterest etc strategy is. The short answer to this is we don’t have a stand-alone social media strategy, and there is a good reason for this. The …

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What does the DH digital strategy mean for policymaking?

Posted by: Susy Wootton, Posted on: 11 June 2013 - Categories: Policymaking, Strategy

The Department of Health’s digital strategy was published in December 2012. The strategy describes how staff will develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to make use of digital techniques to help develop better policy. The strategy commits the department to …

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The end of pat-on-the-head digital engagement

Posted by: Stephen Hale, Posted on: 10 May 2013 - Categories: Engagement

I wonder if others winced as I did at the "pat-on-the-head" phrase Steph used in his blog about government digital engagement the other day. I winced because it rang true. Too much of what I've been responsible for doing over the …

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A job delivering our digital strategy

Posted by: Stephen Hale, Posted on: 9 May 2013 - Categories: Jobs

THIS VACANCY HAS NOW CLOSED

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Digital engagement on dementia

Posted by: Anna Hepburn, Posted on: 16 April 2013 - Categories: Engagement

Digital isn’t just about publishing anymore. The Department of Health (DH) digital team certainly knows that, but there are plenty of people within the department – and across government – still to be convinced of the wider benefits of digital, …

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Digital engagement to support compassion

Posted by: clairerhodes, Posted on: 11 April 2013 - Categories: Engagement

Good customer service. We all want it, but it can sometimes be a tricky thing to get right. Especially when it comes to healthcare. Getting the right treatment at the right time is part of it, but good healthcare is …

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Use of third party digital tools

Posted by: Stephen Hale, Posted on: 9 April 2013 - Categories: Content, Services and products, Strategy

Summary In line with Civil Service Reform and wider government policy, the Department of Health encourages its staff to use internet tools that aid productivity or provide useful functionality. But staff should be aware that tools provided by third parties …

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Rationalising our digital channels

Posted by: Alice Ainsworth, Posted on: 4 April 2013 - Categories: Content, Services and products

I wrote a few weeks ago about changes to DH's digital operations, and our plans to streamline the number of digital channels we use. Stephen Hale also wrote recently about the types of digital content we use to explain policy, …

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The highs and lows of live blogging

Posted by: Anna Hepburn, Posted on: 27 March 2013 - Categories: Engagement, Services and products

At Healthcare Innovation Expo 2013

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Why and how we publish digital content

Posted by: Stephen Hale, Posted on: 25 March 2013 - Categories: Content, Engagement

Content on the Department of Health website will move to GOV.UK in the morning. If you visit tomorrow, you’ll see some new content, some old content and some content that has been retro-fitted to new formats. It’s been quite a …

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