Out with the old and in with the new – how we’re preparing for GOV.UK
In April 2013, GOV.UK will replace all central government corporate websites, becoming the single place to find information about what the government is doing. For the first time, government...
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Digital health – guidance and best practice for the health and care system
If you haven’t already, you should take a look at our Digital Health site. It’s not new, or a new idea, but it has been getting a bit of extra love recently. Alice, our head of channel strategy, has...
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My dad, a denki puzzle, and my hopes for the GOV.UK publishing tool
My dad runs the website for the DH Lawrence Society. It’s a wordpress.com site, so I gave him some instructions that he could refer to when adding new content. They read like this: Go to...
View ArticleHow we are informing our colleagues about GOV.UK
As part of our preparations for the move to GOV.UK, in the Channel Strategy team we have been making our way round to see our DH Communications colleagues to inform them about GOV.UK and what this...
View ArticleBeing a real person on twitter
Two years is a long time in the digital world. So when I came to work in the Department of Health (DH) digital team after a career break of 2 years, I felt like I had a lot of catching up to do....
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GOV.UK – no health but still quite exciting
GOV.UK was switched on for real earlier today. It’s some achievement, and the team at the Government Digital Service deserve all the praise they get. It’s a bigger deal for other bits of government...
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Using Pinterest to share evaluation
DH Pinterest page for dementia social media stats Since joining DH, I’ve been looking at what new social media channels will be useful to the department. I’ve been keen not to just use something new...
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5 open policymaking examples
I’ve been enjoying reading all the posts about open policymaking over on the Demsoc blog. We’ve thought quite a lot about digital engagement at the Department of Health, and how we can use tools and...
View ArticleSo how is GOV.UK being received at DH?
After a few months of increasing our communications to DH colleagues about the move to GOV.UK (which we talked about in an earlier blog), we thought we’d share the feedback we’ve been getting. In...
View ArticleExplaining accessibility through a jam jar
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...
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