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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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?
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Increasing staff engagement with social media
A great PDF summary of the potential for social media to help engage staff in corporate environments – in this … Read more » – Increasing staff engagement with social media
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HR and social media in the NHS.
Guidance prepared by NHS Employers for HR and other strategic leadership teams about the role of social media in a … Read more » – HR and social media in the NHS.
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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
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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
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A basic guide to filming, editing and sharing videos : Digital Health
A great, practical, illustrated guide from the digital communications team at the Department of Health on how to produce good … Read more » – A basic guide to filming, editing and sharing videos : Digital Health
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Nurses and social media: Chief Nursing Officer Bulletin
A good summary of the professional relevance of social media to nurses, but probably applicable to professional work more widely: … Read more » – Nurses and social media: Chief Nursing Officer Bulletin
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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
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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
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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
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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
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#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
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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
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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
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