The keenest dh.gov.uk watchers amongst you might have noticed that we've started to publish a few bits of official DH content that sit slightly apart from our main corporate website. We started with a sub-site for the Dilnot Commission - a …
The Prime Minister said the other day that with new demands on healthcare, we can't afford not to modernise the way we do it. The work that he was talking about - the reform of public health, adult social care, and the National …
My son has a wonky gene. It's a gene that affects the structure of the body in the womb. As a result he was born with a few bits of his body not quite finished. The biggest problems that this …
I mentioned that I wanted the DH digital communication team to aspire to run the most effective digital communication operation in government. It's a nice ambition, but it's pretty meaningless unless we can find ways to rate our performance. We ran a …
In a previous job, my line manager told me that if I wanted to get on I would be wise to clearly "position myself" within the organisation. He thought that I should either position myself as someone who delivered policy …
I want my team to run the most effective digital communication operation of any government department. I see no reason why we shouldn't. We have the people to do it. We have plenty of experience and expertise between us. And …
The challenge is fairly straightforward: how can we use digital tools and techniques and internet culture to help deliver the objectives of the Department of Health? I joined the Department in August, and I've been on a crash course since …