27 Apr 2006
| by Sarah Robertson
Matt Tee says he knew what he was ‘letting himself in for’ when he agreed to join the Department...development, Dr Foster 2006 Interim director of comms, Department of Health ...
But he must still have been alarmed by the storm that blew up this week following health secretary ...
since his arrival at the department, which is presently at the heart of the Government's reform agenda ...
17 Apr 2012
| by Sara Luker
The Department of Health's director of comms has launched a staunch defence of the Government...the department would link up with doctors for any future campaigns, he answered: 'It's an overriding mission to have doctors involved in all our campaigns'.
The Government s flagship health campaigns include ...
-to-toe with the marketing budgets of food firms, but argued the 50m being spent on public health campaigns this year was a ...
07 May 2008
| by Matt Cartmell
The Department of Health (DoH) has appointed a new head of news....James Sorene was previously deputy head of news at the department. Sorene joined the DoH in February 2007, before which he was assistant director of news and strategy at the Home Office. Sorene said: The main focus is for us to continue to remind people that the NHS is doing a great job, that we ...
02 Oct 2009
| by Matt Cartmell
The Department of Health (DH) has appointed Bell Pottinger to handle a brief to communicate lung...messages on lung health, lung disease and lung age. This work is part of a COPD strategy currently being ...
13 Jan 2011
| by Matt Cartmell
The Department of Health's comms director has defended its seasonal flu campaign but a senior...is as rob ust as ever. In no way have we been limited in resources, she said.
But The Guardian s health ...
24 Aug 2006
| by by Joe Lepper
LONDON - The Department of Health has overhauled its PR roster adding more agencies and dividing...spokesperson said: "The department's PR requirements have changed, and this review has enabled us to redefine what we need."
The review also comes during a period of belt-tightening for the department, which ...
24 May 2011
| by Matt Cartmell
The Department of Health's director of comms has stated she has 'complete faith' in her comms unit...Two trusted aides from Number 10 health adviser Sean Worth and press officer Abbie Sampson were seconded to the department earlier this month to help Health Secretary Andrew Lansley with his NHS ...
messaging.
But she preferred to speak about her department s forthcoming Change4Life summer campaign ...
26 Oct 2009
| by Gemma O'Reilly
The Department of Health (DH) has selected Consolidated PR to roll out its public campaign
24 May 2002
| by CHRIS SCOTT
The Department of Health is looking to fill its deputy director of
media relations post - eight...pool is
understood to be ongoing. In March the department started the recruitment process for a deputy ...
-organisation of the NHS in April
(PRWeek, 1 March). Jarvis took the department's chief comms role (PRWeek, 21 September ...
21 Sep 2001
PUBLIC SECTOR: Former BBC and GMTV journalist Sian Jarvis has been
appointed as head of communications at the Department of Health. She has
held the post in an acting capacity since the departure of Helen
McCallum in May.
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