Part of my role as a product manager at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is to help assure that ‘digital’ things being made in health and social care meet certain standards. Whether it’s a new website or …
In March, our team at Public Health England (PHE) wrapped up a discovery phase, exploring how to support children and their families on healthier weight journeys. Helping families follow healthier lifestyles, including reaching a healthier weight, is a national priority. …
The Health Product People community was started in January 2018 to bring together people working on digital services across the health and care space. We wanted to bring together people to share ideas, collaborate and work together to solve problems. …
Following the Cabinet Office’s recent update of its digital and technology spend controls to include the 'pipeline' assurance process, I thought it was worth describing the work we have started in the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and …
In December 2017, the government launched a consultation on the future of children and young people’s mental health provision. Mental health problems affect 1 in 10 children and young people. We therefore need to engage them in the conversation about …
The challenge space Public Health England’s (PHE) digital weight management programme explores the role digital could play in a family’s healthier weight journey. There are an increasing number of children with excess weight across England, with over a third of …
The GP Provide Information Collection (PIC) service is an information collection service that enables GP practices to share up-to-date information with CQC and other regulators that describes the practice’s view of the quality of care they are providing against the …
The Surgical Site Infection Electronic Patient Post-Discharge questionnaire is part of the Surgical Site Infection (SSI) surveillance used by Public Health England (PHE) to monitor the rate of infections associated with short-stay surgery and create a picture of a hospital’s …
Over the past few months, we’ve been working with colleagues from across our community of arm's length bodies (ALBs) to understand how we could improve the advice and guidance around digital spend controls. This has been a partnership between Public …
I am what is affectionately known as a policy wonk in the Patient Safety team in NHS Improvement, and we’re working on an exciting new digital service to support better learning from patient safety incidents. The new service will replace …