Archive for 'People'
Social media enabled GP practices
Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by phaedrus.
In preparation for a recent visit to my new local GP in the London Borough of Camden, I decided to check opening hours and contact details online. I was surprised and interested to see that, alongside the usual information, user comments and ratings were displayed for my convenience.
In fact, through the NHS Choices website, [...]
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Children with rare ageing disease ‘found’ through global media campaign
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Handbaglady.
Further to my post last October about the launch of GLOBALHealthPR’s awareness campaign ‘Find the other 150′ I am now pleased to announce the fantastic results…
Thirteen new children from seven countries with the rapid ageing disease Progeria have been found as a direct result of the campaign, bringing the total known cases in the world [...]
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Informed privacy decisions and informed openness
Posted on 14. Aug, 2010 by neilcrump.
Ed Purkis wrote a blog post a few weeks ago that has had my mind whirling. The post read:
The author of a report which features the personal details of 100 million Facebook users says he released the information to highlight the privacy issues associated with social networking. This has received widespread media pick-up because it [...]
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Can you see my point?
Posted on 23. Jul, 2010 by Alchemist.
Ten percent of the UK suffers from trypanophobia, or to you and me, needle phobia - defined as the irrational fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles.
This condition may seem fairly harmless to the 90 percent of us that aren’t affected, but for over six million people, needle phobia can pose a real [...]
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Where there is smoke there is desire
Posted on 21. Jul, 2010 by neilcrump.
I want to share my insights on the crazy world of smoking and the business of getting people to stop, officially known as smoking cessation. I am well placed to write this post because not only did I work on a prescription smoking cessation medicine and its European launch for two years, I also supported [...]
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Hay today… gone tomorrow
Posted on 18. Jun, 2010 by Shandy.
Last night, after work, my friend and I decided to enjoy the last few hours of the sun in the park.
I spent the next hour trying to understand my friend’s various updates on her job and love life though a series of sneezes and nose-blowing episodes…she had forgotten to take an antihistamine and was having [...]
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Health media materials in the dock verdict guilty
Posted on 29. Apr, 2010 by phaedrus.
On the 21st of April 2010, at Brown’s Courtroom in Covent Garden, Aurora played host to the first court case of its kind, placing health media materials in the dock, and asking a specialist jury of UK health journalists to reach a verdict. With Judge Jacqui Thornton presiding over the court, Daily Mail Medical Correspondent, [...]
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Healthcare media materials - could we do better?
Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by Ze Frollein.
We are inviting all industry communications and marketing executives, medics and signatories to attend our exclusive evening event at Brown’s Court house in central London on Wednesday 21 April 2010 from 18:30 – 19:45. We will hear from our high-profile journalist jury about what compelling media materials look like and how to make them both [...]
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Under the gavel
Posted on 26. Mar, 2010 by Ze Frollein.
A (court) case for better healthcare media relations
All of us working in the healthcare communication industry have probably come across some press materials that left us wondering about the meaning of important-sounding words, jargon and highly medical terms lined up throughout the document resulting in a yawn-inducing response.
Often, they may match the content of a [...]
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Popping Postie
Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by PR Mum.
The Postie will be delighted to read the news that the Government plans to provide break-dancing lessons for children as young as four in a drive against obesity. He has already taught the big rotter some basic breaking and popping moves, which she plans to show-off at the forthcoming school disco. He is also working [...]
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Where there is smoke there is desire
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Aurora is turning green...
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World Cup fever begins in Camden
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Cut people some slack *please*
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Bacon on test
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Dr Trisha Macnair: Biggest problem, as you point out, is that those m...
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Natalie Uhlarz: Hi Neil I saw this on the tube too and was so cap...
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Phaedrus: It was a pleasure Andrew. Thanks for your contribu...
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Ed Purkis: Thanks for following up your comment with this pos...
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Andrew Spong: It's 'hick some you', people! HICK. SOME. YOU! ...
