All DH held websites – April 2012
As part of the Department of Health’s commitment to follow best practice and meet our legal responsibilities in responding to Freedom Of Information (FOI) requests, we are publishing the current list...
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A basic guide to filming, editing and sharing videos
Before you set off to do your filming, try reading our post on how to use video. The following guidance is used by the DH digital team to produce video and train colleagues in the Department on the...
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The DH digital strategy
We’ve just published our digital strategy. It sets out how the Department of Health will give its staff the knowledge, skills, tools and confidence to embrace digital in an increasingly digital world....
View ArticleDigital 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...
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Social media advice for DH staff
There are many guidelines for using social media on the web (see Online conversations and your responsibilities as a civil servant). For DH staff, below are some simple tips that the digital team would...
View ArticleOfficial 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...
View ArticleComments and moderation policy
We encourage and welcome open, lively debate, but the decision to publish comments received via our sites remains at our discretion. The views expressed by any third parties are solely theirs and are...
View ArticleHow to take part in online conversations
We’ve refreshed the policy and advice that we provide for staff on taking part in online conversations. The focus of this policy is use of social media by policy officials as part of the policymaking...
View ArticleAnnual website report 2011 – 2012
All Government departments are required to submit a basic report each year to Cabinet Office about their corporate websites. The Department of Health’s report for 2011/2012 details the website cost,...
View ArticleClosing Digital Health
You may have noticed we moved our blogs to GOV.UK blogs a few months ago and this is where you can now find our latest updates on the work we do. We’ll publish our new guidance on GOV.UK from now on....
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