Delivering impact
We have a track record of delivering strategic and operational support, with a focus on building capacity and capability in the NHS.
Our experience includes:
- Campaigns: For a decade we ran the national campaign to encourage uptake of the flu vaccine among NHS staff. The campaign provided communications toolkits, including messaging scripts and assets for social media, that local NHS organisations used in their staff communications.
- Communications reviews: We were commissioned by NHS England to lead a national review of the communications and engagement operating models of integrated care systems (ICSs). The review identified four models and these were subsequently adopted by ICSs. We have since been commissioned to undertake various reviews to support in-house communications teams to deliver impact.
- Public affairs: We provide ongoing support to the Health Innovation Network, powering their public affairs and political engagement activities.
- Thought leadership: We have played a lead role in supporting the NHS communications profession through various initiatives, including:
- supporting the adoption of AI
- addressing the lack of diversity in the NHS communications profession
- convening NHS communicators through the communications networks we run for NHS Confederation members.
“The strategic communications and advice provided to us by HealthCommsPlus has been invaluable – they quickly understood our requirements and worked with us to agree a programme of activity that is enabling us to effectively support our work.”
Claire Portsmouth, Director of Communications and Engagement, Health Innovation Network