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More to do: can anyone win the war on health inequalities?
Posted by Katherine Morgan at Fri, 12/03/2010 - 11:14am in Health Mandate commentary
As the end of the 2005-2010 Parliament approaches, and the political classes gear themselves up for the general election, each of the political parties' health teams will be looking to prove that they have the big ideas to take the NHS forward in a period of tight public finance but escalating public expectation.
Three acronyms to help with justifying social media: Part two
Posted by Mark Pack at Tue, 09/03/2010 - 8:25am in Social media
Love it or loathe it, many clients instinctively try to evaluate social media in ways similar to advertising. Whether it’s because you want to justify social media on those grounds – or because you want to persuade the client why that isn’t appropriate – you need to know the lingo. This three part mini-series introduces you to the main acronyms you might come up against.
Part 2: AVE
Access to treatments – what is the right prescription?
Posted by Rachel Rowson at Mon, 08/03/2010 - 11:18am in Health Mandate commentary
As the end of the 2005-2010 Parliament approaches, and the political classes gear themselves up for the general election, each of the political parties' health teams will be looking to prove that they have the big ideas to take the NHS forward in a period of tight public finance but escalating public expectation.
Election 2010: a tale of three halves
Posted by Mark Pack at Mon, 08/03/2010 - 8:30am in Political commentary
I wrote the following piece from the Election 2010 edition of Behind The Spin, an online magazine for public relations students and young PR practitioners and supported by the CIPR looking at three of the key features which will shape the general election:
Pulling teeth: can NHS dentistry be fixed?
Posted by Nick Carter at Fri, 05/03/2010 - 12:54pm in Health Mandate commentary
As the end of the 2005-2010 Parliament approaches, and the political classes gear themselves up for the general election, each of the political parties' health teams will be looking to prove that they have the big ideas to take the NHS forward in a period of tight public finance but escalating public expectation.
BBC website: what the changes will mean for PR
Posted by Mark Pack at Wed, 03/03/2010 - 11:42am in Internet
The BBC's website regularly feature in the lists of the ten most popular websites in the UK - and are usually the only ones in the top ten from a British organisation. So the BBC's plans to refocus and shrink its web presence are likely to be widely felt.
The 79 page strategy document ranges over all of the BBC's operations but specially on the web it proposes cutting BBC Online's budget by 25% by 2013. It says:
Transforming NHS services: is information power?
Posted by Mike Birtwistle at Tue, 02/03/2010 - 9:57am in Health Mandate commentary
As the end of the 2005-2010 Parliament approaches, and the political classes gear themselves up for the general election, each of the political parties' health teams will be looking to prove that they have the big ideas to take the NHS forward in a period of tight public finance but escalating public expectation.
How the internet is changing British politics - and what 2010 will bring
Posted by Mark Pack at Mon, 01/03/2010 - 6:16pm in Internet, Political commentary
In February 2010 I gave this talk as part of the "Distinguished Practitioners Series" at Nottingham University:
Three acronyms to help with justifying social media: Part one
Posted by Mark Pack at Fri, 26/02/2010 - 5:30pm in Social media
Love it or loathe it, many clients instinctively try to evaluate social media in ways similar to advertising. Whether it's because you want to justify social media on those grounds - or because you want to persuade the client why that isn't appropriate - you need to know the lingo. This three part mini-series introduces you to the main acronyms you might come up against.
Part 1: OTS
Mend the gap: how do we fund social care?
Posted by Nadia Elm at Fri, 26/02/2010 - 11:56am in Health Mandate commentary, Political commentary
As the end of the 2005-2010 Parliament approaches, and the political classes gear themselves up for the general election, each of the political parties' health teams will be looking to prove that they have the big ideas to take the NHS forward in a period of tight public finance but escalating public expectation.
