Improving DH Communications Questionnaire

Your details

Job title:

Organisation title:

Email address (if you are happy to be contacted for follow-up research):

Current sources of information

How do you find out what's happening?

• DH Website
• NHS Comms Link
• Professional body
• Local intranet
• Local newsletter
• Line manager

Do you read any of the following?

• NHS Magazine
• Primary Care Magazine
• Chief Executives' Bulletin
• Chief Nursing Officer's Bulletin
• Non-executive Bulletin
• Chief Scientific Officer's Bulletin
• GP Bulletin
• Allied Health Professional Bulletin
• Emergency Care Bulletin
• NatPaCT website
• DH website
• Medical Directors Bulletin

How useful are they to you?

How could they be improved?

• More frequent
• Less frequent
• Shorter articles
• Shorter, more concise
• Articles by leading experts
• Best practice case studies
• More opportunities to give feedback

How do you feed your ideas for improving the way things work in your Trust/SHA/the NHS back into the system?

• Line manager
• e-mail the board
• Consultation events
• Through a professional body
• Trade union

Are your ideas are listened to and acted upon?

• Yes
• Sometimes
• Never

Ideas for improving communications

How would you like to find out about what's happening in your trust?

How would you like to feed your ideas back into the system?

Would it be useful to receive a monthly DH health news e-mail alert?

• Yes
• No

Would you prefer to receive DH information:

• Electronically
• Only if you've actively signed up for it
• In printed form
• Automatically
• Both electronically and in print

Any other comments or suggestions for improving local or national communications?