Websites
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 … Read more → – Why and how we publish digital content
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 than it is for the Department of … Read more → – GOV.UK – no health but still quite exciting
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 www.wordpress.com/wp-admin Click on “Add post” … Read more → – My dad, a denki puzzle, and my hopes for the GOV.UK publishing tool
Inside government – the DH website in the GOV.UK beta
Last night, the Government Digital Service took the password off the Inside Government bit of the GOV.UK beta. It’s the part of the beta that shows how GOV.UK will replace all the different websites run by government departments and other … Read more → – Inside government – the DH website in the GOV.UK beta
Who does digital?
Before I joined the Department of Health I sat down with Tim in the Skipton House canteen and he talked me through the DH digital organogram. He explained that there were at least two teams responsible for corporate digital communication in the department … Read more → – Who does digital?
Beyond the publishing machine
The publishing machine is a relatively small part of our corporate digital effort at the Department of Health. We try to service it as efficiently as we possibly can so that we can focus more of our creative energy elsewhere, … Read more → – Beyond the publishing machine
The corporate beta from the fringes
I really like the thinking behind the corporate publishing bit of the single gov.uk domain. I like the simplicity of what the departments participating in the beta have been asked to do so far: to describe what the Government’s objectives … Read more → – The corporate beta from the fringes
Health conversations – our blogs, columns and tweets in one place
I’m quite pleased with this: Health conversations. It’s a simple thing – a different way of presenting content that already appears somewhere else on dh.gov.uk. We’re using it as the DH version of a blogs homepage. We’re pulling content from a few different sources – … Read more → – Health conversations – our blogs, columns and tweets in one place
Inviting comments on a draft bill
I think we’ve done something quite interesting. Yesterday the Department of Health published the care and supprt white paper, and a draft care and support bill. It’s a big deal for the Department, and the country. And it presented an … Read more → – Inviting comments on a draft bill