Examples

Fake Instagram Profile Tricked 50,000 People to ‘Like’ Photos of Alcoholism

25-year-old French socialite Louise Delage has amassed some 44,000 followers and over 50,000 likes on Instagram in the last 2 … Read more » – Fake Instagram Profile Tricked 50,000 People to ‘Like’ Photos of Alcoholism

Preparing for Patients: by Dept of Health on Exposure

An interesting new tool similar to Medium for blogging or publishing beyond the constraints of the corporate website or blog, … Read more » – Preparing for Patients: by Dept of Health on Exposure

Monitor staff on Twitter

Not that kind of ‘monitor’: Monitor, the agency responsible for quality assuring the work and financial performance of independent NHS … Read more » – Monitor staff on Twitter

Updating the 2010 adult autism strategy

A nice digital document presenting a government strategy as a series of user stories – explaining what’s being done to … Read more » – Updating the 2010 adult autism strategy

Medical Innovation Bill: Does the fear of getting sued stop doctors from innovating?

A consultation site from the Dept of Health, inviting comments from practitioners and others about a draft Bill and their … Read more » – Medical Innovation Bill: Does the fear of getting sued stop doctors from innovating?

Choose Well – Dee’s A&E Fail Tale YouTube

Great little YouTube video in the style of ‘Dumb Ways to Die’ about not going to A&E without good reason: … Read more » – Choose Well – Dee’s A&E Fail Tale YouTube

The Dementia Challenge | G8 Summit

The Department of Health needed to broaden the reach of a summit on dementia at the end of the UK’s … Read more » – The Dementia Challenge | G8 Summit

Right care, right place, right time: How can we improve health and care for vulnerable older people?

The Department of Health set up a simple site with six themes each containing two or three questions, inviting public … Read more » – Right care, right place, right time: How can we improve health and care for vulnerable older people?

Digital Health | Digital guidance and best practice for the health and care system

The Digital Health site is a microsite run by the digital team at the Department of Health: These pages are … Read more » – Digital Health | Digital guidance and best practice for the health and care system

DH on Pinterest

The Department of Health has been using Pinterest as a way of presenting evaluation information in an interesting, visual way. … Read more » – DH on Pinterest

Department of Health: Draft Care and Support Bill

The Department of Health published its Care and Support Bill in draft form for clause-by-clause comment, alongside a site aimed … Read more » – Department of Health: Draft Care and Support Bill

Discussions | ThinkHealth BC

Around British Columbia’s new health plan, they’ve created an engaging site that presents the plan itself and hosts discussion on … Read more » – Discussions | ThinkHealth BC

The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge & Kids’ State Dinner: White House

A neat little campaign from the White House to address childhood obesity, this partnership with mainstream US recipes site Epicurious … Read more » – The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge & Kids’ State Dinner: White House

The Dementia Challenge: Dept of Health

The Prime Minister’s challenge on dementia sets out renewed ambition to go further and faster, building on progress made through … Read more » – The Dementia Challenge: Dept of Health

The power of information: Department of Health

The Department of Health developed a mini-site to support the launch of the 10-year information strategy, enabling people to read … Read more » – The power of information: Department of Health

Long term conditions: Department of Health

The Department of Health is using a consultation mini-site to source comments from people with an interest in the management … Read more » – Long term conditions: Department of Health

Dementia help via GransNet

The Department of Health partnered with the online community for older people, GransNet, to host a webchat and information campaign … Read more » – Dementia help via GransNet

Nottinghamshire Healthcare & Patient Opinion

Nottinghamshire Healthcare linked up with the independent patient feedback service Patient Opinion to host feedback about the trust’s service on … Read more » – Nottinghamshire Healthcare & Patient Opinion

Modernisation of health and care

The Department of Health developed a policy mini-site – the Modernisation channel – to provide a space to provide news … Read more » – Modernisation of health and care

Maps and apps – mobile apps for digital health

Maps and Apps is a crowdsourcing project run by the Department of Health, which sourced examples of or ideas for … Read more » – Maps and apps – mobile apps for digital health

#nhssm – Social Media in the NHS

#nhssm is a weekly chat on Twitter, organised by people working in the NHS and DH, but not officially endorsed … Read more » – #nhssm – Social Media in the NHS

Webchat on personalisation – David Behan

David Behan is a Director General at the Department of Health who has used various digital channels to engage external … Read more » – Webchat on personalisation – David Behan

NHS local

Award winning site which uses rich media to deliver information on local services while collecting patient opinion. Site uses blogs … Read more » – NHS local