When we’re devising the digital bits of policy engagement plans in DH we talk a lot about “credible voices”, “thought leaders” and “influencers”. We know that the potential power of the social web is dependant on people talking to each … Read more → – Digital engagement – all about people
The order I check things
This is a blog about how information enters my head before 9am on weekdays. My day is generally internet free until after I’ve had my toast and coffee. I very rarely slide to unlock while I’m still in the house … Read more → – The order I check things
Digital first: the information strategy for health and care
The information strategy for health and care was published on the DH website this morning. It covers lots of things, providing a ten year framework for transforming information for the NHS, public health and social care. Readers of this blog … Read more → – Digital first: the information strategy for health and care
Post-it notes, performance and innovation
This is a blog about creativity culture and post-it notes. I worked in the Performance and Innovation Unit of the Cabinet Office for a bit. The unit prided itself on finding new, better, more innovative ways of working, and finding solutions … Read more → – Post-it notes, performance and innovation
Jobs in the DH digital team
We’ve just advertised 2 jobs in the DH digital team. They are: Head of Channel Strategy (Grade 7) Digital Engagement Manager (SIO) They are both permanent jobs, available on promotion. You need to be a current civil servant to be eligible … Read more → – Jobs in the DH digital team
Maps and apps for health and care – what next?
When we launched our Maps and Apps crowd-sourcing exercise, I’m not sure we fully appreciated quite what we were starting. We had a neat internally-rhyming name for it, some excellent people involved, and we knew that we could find examples … Read more → – Maps and apps for health and care – what next?
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
How do you solve a problem like replacing @timolloyd?
Tim Lloyd leaves the digital team at the Department of Health this week to become head of digital for the Department for Business Innovation and Skills. It’s great for BIS, and a ruddy shame for us. When he told me he’d … Read more → – How do you solve a problem like replacing @timolloyd?
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?
