We made some big changes to DH’s digital operations last week, though hopefully hardly anyone will have noticed... On Wednesday morning we migrated our wordpress subsites to their new hosting environment, and they’re now being managed by a small wordpress-specialist …
There are many opportunities for press officers to use digital tools in their roles. This could be anything from tweeting the link to a press release, to using digital listening tools to gauge stakeholder reactions. To help press officers make …
We’ve been doing lots of targeted comms about the move of the DH website to GOV.UK over the past six months and now with just 5 weeks to go we’ve really started going to town on it Last week I …
The Department of Health digital team were very pleased to be asked to lead the digital policy engagement session at Sprint 13, the recent showcase for the best in digital across government. You can watch the video of the full session …
The countdown has begun. There are now just 10 weeks to go until we switch off www.dh.gov.uk and move over to the single government website GOV.UK. Our scheduled go-live date is Tuesday 26 March and with Christmas behind us it …
We've just published our digital strategy. It sets out how the Department of Health will give its staff the knowledge, skills, tools and confidence to embrace digital in an increasingly digital world. It's been quite a task to produce it and …
This article by Rachel Neaman, the DH digital leader, originally appeared on the Guardian's Public Leaders Network: Government is not just about large-scale services. What does going digital mean for departments that focus instead on policy making or administration? My own …
...digital strategic partnerships. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulates all the health and adult social care in England. We work to drive improvement in the quality and safety of care...
Last week a group of DH staff took part in the social simulator organised by Steph Grey from Helpful technology The idea was to test how we reacted in a crisis, and ready us to be able to respond well …
When I mention accessibility in relation to digital communications, most people ask “what does that mean?” or “what do I need to do?” I explain that we need to make a product or a service available to the widest audience …