20 Mar: Stephen Hale
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It’s funny what prompts a blog. It might be a need to share something brilliant, air an opinion or ask a question. Often the a blogs I read seem to … Read more »A list of unwritten blogs
20 Mar: Allied Health Professionals Bulletin » Voicepiece
This is the last Department of Health AHP Bulletin* as the Chief Health Professions Officer post moves to the NHS Commissioning Board from 1 April. I … Read more »Voicepiece March 2013 – Karen Middleton
28 Feb: Chief Nursing Officer Bulletin » Voicepiece
Compassion has been the word on everyone’s lips over the last few weeks. As you can imagine, most of my time has been taken up with the findings of … Read more »Jane Cummings’ voicepiece
18 Feb: Allied Health Professionals Bulletin » Voicepiece
Although already February, this is my first voicepiece of 2013, so I hope you managed to get some rest and recuperation during the Christmas and New … Read more »Voicepiece February 2013 – Karen Middleton
14 Feb: Modernisation of health and care » Conversations
As health and wellbeing boards move through the final few months of running in shadow form, Joyce Redfearn, the new National Director for Health and … Read more »How health and wellbeing boards will benefit from national and local partnership working
5 Feb: Public Health Responsibility Deal » Network chair blogs
Food network chair Dr Susan Jebb challenges businesses to consider the impact the healthier eating agenda is having and to make a new year’s … Read more »A wake up call for food businesses to evolve with the changing times
17 Jan: Public Health Responsibility Deal » Network chair blogs
Evidence suggests that New Year resolutions are more likely to be successful when people commit publicly to them. In his first video-blog, Henry … Read more »Henry Ashworth on New Year’s resolutions and the alcohol industry
16 Jan: Modernisation of health and care » Conversations
Joyce Redfearn has been appointed National Director for Health and Wellbeing Board Implementation at the Department of Health. Joyce takes over from … Read more »Joyce Redfearn confirmed as National Director for Health and Wellbeing Board Implementation
14 Jan: Chief Nursing Officer Bulletin » Voicepiece
I would firstly like to wish you all a belated Happy New Year and congratulate the nurses and midwives recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours … Read more »Jane Cummings’ voicepiece
20 Dec: Stephen Hale
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We’ve just published our digital strategy. It sets out how the Department of Health will give its staff the knowledge, skills, tools and … Read more »The DH digital strategy
17 Dec: Allied Health Professionals Bulletin » Voicepiece
“Improving the lives of three million people with long term conditions through the use of technology’’ sounds a significant challenge and it … Read more »Voicepiece December 2012 – Karen Middleton
7 Dec: Modernisation of health and care » Conversations
Duncan Selbie announces Public Health England’s (PHE) centre director appointments and updates on the ‘Going Live’ project which … Read more »Updates on Public Health England centres and regions
30 Nov: Modernisation of health and care » Conversations
Important information for transferring staff into PHE has been set out today, Duncan Selbie announces I am very pleased to be today publishing the … Read more »Terms and conditions set out for staff transferring to PHE
27 Nov: Modernisation of health and care » Conversations
A webchat with the sector regulation policy team and Monitor policy officials will give you the chance to ask questions and raise any issues about … Read more »Join today’s webchat on sector regulation consultations
23 Nov: Modernisation of health and care » Conversations
Duncan Selbie affirms the focus on the nation’s health as this week sees the publication of a refreshed public health outcomes framework and … Read more »Shining a light on the nation’s health
16 Nov: Modernisation of health and care » Conversations
Duncan Selbie reviews the first PHE healthcare public conference, which marks new responsiblities and the beginning of building capability in this … Read more »Healthcare public health firmly on agenda
15 Nov: Public Health Responsibility Deal » Network chair blogs
Thanks to years of solid work the public awareness of the health benefits of fruit and vegetables is impressively high, but national surveys tell us … Read more »Dr Susan Jebb – On our way to 5 A Day
9 Nov: Modernisation of health and care » Conversations
Public health staff will soon receive confirmation on their role in PHE, Duncan Selbie announces The people transition for Public Health England is … Read more »People transition for Public Health England
9 Nov: Modernisation of health and care » Conversations
As part of the National Learning Network of health and wellbeing boards, a series of publications have been launched to support the establishment of … Read more »Practical guides for well-functioning health and wellbeing boards published
2 Nov: Modernisation of health and care » Conversations
Duncan Selbie highlights the importance of bringing people and communities together in order to truly address health inequalities I had a very … Read more »The importance of working with the voluntary and community sector
31 Oct: NHS Constitution
In his last post for this blog, Professor Steve Field explains what’s happening next I’ve spent a busy but fascinating few months since July … Read more »What next for the NHS Constitution?
25 Oct: Stephen Hale
I’ve been enjoying reading all the posts about open policymaking over on the Demsoc blog. We’ve thought quite a lot about digital … Read more »5 open policymaking examples
22 Oct: Allied Health Professionals Bulletin » Voicepiece
I have recently returned from speaking at three conferences inAustralia: AHLANZ (Allied Health Leaders of Australia & New Zealand), SARRAH … Read more »Voicepiece October 2012 – Karen Middleton
17 Oct: Stephen Hale
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 … Read more »GOV.UK – no health but still quite exciting
16 Oct: NHS Constitution
My engagement work on the NHS Constitution took a new approach recently when I ran a Twitter Hour. It was absolutely brilliant! I’m so grateful to … Read more »How can the way we work help us use the NHS Constitution as it should be used?
