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NHS local community manager

By Carl Plant

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Visualising the NHS whitepaper Liberating the NHS Equality and Excellence

11:37, Tuesday 22 March 2011

I'm interested in how many of us have actually read and understand the Government's Whitepaper Equality and Excellence: Liberating the NHS?
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Visualising NHS local news

7:39, Monday 21 March 2011

I am exploring new ways for NHS Local site users to make sense of NHS-focused news and information. Over the next few weeks I will be producing visuals that aim to provide new and interesting ways of seeing what is happening within the NHS. Here is a word cloud, kindly permitted by Infomous. The tags in the cloud lead to stories published by NHS local; the second cloud uses news from the NHS local Twitter feed.  
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Reducing barriers to participation in consultation events

16:39, Wednesday 02 March 2011

Traditional NHS consultations have too many barriers stopping people from taking part. The the timing of appointments and location can be a problem. The formality can be an issue for others.  Acessibility can be a blocker too. Many forms of consultation put up barrier inadvertently through an excessive control of the flow of communication - things like closed, invite-only events, offline surveys, email forms, PDF forms and so on. We have recently used a number of tools to reduce the barriers and increase participation:
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Can Facebook help improve the nation's health?

14:35, Monday 31 January 2011

I'm curious as to whether Facebook can help people make positive choices about their health.
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How to find a new job during the NHS reforms

12:39, Monday 24 January 2011

If you are one of the NHS staff, whose role has been put on the at risk register, here are some tips to help you find another job. There are some key actions you can take which will improve the likelihood of finding future employment. Keep in contact During your current employment you will have built up a number of relationships with staff within your team, across departments and with external agencies. It's key to keep in contact with the influential people you currently work with, you can do this a number of ways.
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NHS local collaborative hack session

13:16, Friday 21 January 2011

NHS local are hosting a mini hack session (web/mobile app development session) involving young people and Dudley anti smoking team on the 27th January at Maverick TV headquarters. We'll explore the themes and ideas from an earlier Praxis Arts and Health workshop I facilitated at Staffs university. During the hack session we will work with the young people and a small number of web developers and will look at sketching out a new web/mobile app or game.
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NHS social media surgeries - part 1

11:19, Friday 14 January 2011

Better health together is one of the key aims of NHS local and so we are working with the NHS in the West Midlands to increase engagement with the public using social media and social networking.   My experience as a mental health nurse as well as digital mentor puts me in a strong position to understand the importance of listening, engaging and develop relationships between NHS staff and the public.    For many NHS staff the challenge is in understanding what social media tools to
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Reflection on making the 'How busy is your hospital?' dashboard

11:35, Wednesday 22 December 2010

Reflection on making the How busy is your hospital? dashboard
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Responding to the information revolution consultation

14:40, Wednesday 08 December 2010

I want to explore how NHS local can help you to get involved in current consultation into the information revolution. NHS local have been running weekly web chats with leading NHS figures focusing on the information revolution consultation.
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Previously trained as a Mental Health nurse worked in acute admissions and community work. Blogging about developments in the NHS local digital service as well as using social media within the NHS.

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