The internal communications you send your staff are just a snippet of the information they have to digest every day. If you are going to create engaging internal comms, you need to work really hard to capture their attention.
Author Archives: Darren Hepburn
The barriers to keeping NHS staff healthy
Internal comms can help to keep NHS staff healthy – both physically and mentally – but only once we fully understand the potential blockers. This blog brings these barriers to the surface.
The 10 most common causes of NHS staff disengagement
NHS staff disengagement is a battle most internal communicators will face at some point in their NHS career. This blog addresses the 10 most common causes of NHS staff disengagement.
5 steps to engage hard to reach staff
Finding ways to engage hard to reach staff is a common challenge for internal communicators. But for communicators in the NHS it is even harder because of the sheer quantity of people employed by the NHS.
NHS digital transformation and internal comms
NHS digital transformation is a difficult project to manage. But when you add skills and cultural challenges to the mix, it becomes clear that an internal comms strategy must run alongside any transformation project.
The best staff survey questions
Staff surveys are a brilliant way to gather feedback but when the NHS is the biggest employer in Europe employing over 1.3 million staff, that is a lot of opinions, a lot of data and a lot of questions to get right!
Using video in internal communications
Using video for internal communications is a very valuable part of any internal communication strategy. It has become increasingly popular since the start of the COVID pandemic.
NHS internal communications strategy
What exactly are you trying to achieve with your NHS internal communications strategy? While some goals with differ, others should be the gold standard. Ask yourself these 5 questions.