Logging out
I’ll be leaving my role at the Department of Health at the end of this week. I’ve decided that the time is right to do something else, but I’m sad to be going. I’m leaving behind people that I’ve loved …
Come and join the DH digital team
THESE VACANCIES ARE NOW CLOSED At DH, the digital content and communities team help people understand our policies and make it easy for them to participate in the policy making process. We are looking to fill two roles. They will …
Vacancy: Head of content and channels
We’ve just advertised for a head of content and channels.
What we're doing on: content
Our digital strategies have tended to focus on internet culture, transformation and change rather than content. But the production and distribution of content has always been integral to everything we do in the DH digital team. Our content function is …
Digital content teams: 6 ways to confidence and empowerment
The content team at the Department of Health is confident and empowered – and it shows in their high quality content. I reckon they've always been good at what they do, but they've become more confident and more empowered over …
Guest blog: How to rationalise legacy websites
Rebecca Kemp, Interim Deputy Director for Digital at Public Health England (PHE) talks about the thinking behind their digital transformation programme.
Official attributed content policy
1. The Department of Health supports staff who publish attributed official digital content, where it can help deliver policy and communications objectives. Context 2. There has been a massive growth in the social web in recent years – people are …
Why and how we publish digital content
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 …
Digital content: why and how we publish it
Digital content is integral to our communication and policy engagement work. The department's digital strategy sets out how the the department will use digital tools and techniques to improve its policymaking process and communicate with its external audiences. Digital tools …
New DH website: A spoiler and some caveats
If all goes to plan this weekend, the corporate bits of the DH web presence will be simpler and a bit easier to use on Monday morning. I've mentioned before what's driving this work, and some of the things that …