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DTW listed on new NHS framework

Health sector communications has never been under more pressure. We say it every year – and it’s true every year. Budget squeezes, the context of junior doctors on strike and at odds with the Health Secretary and the need to put that well worn phrase of ‘doing more with less’ into practice mean that health sector communicators have a challenging time. But still, most of the British public hugely value the NHS and the support it delivers to all of our families. And, anyway, you might argue (I hope not, given you are reading this, but you might), why does

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Ofsted – the good the bad and the ugly of dealing with a tough new grade

You know that your next Ofsted inspection is due in a couple of months. The staff are stressed, it’s a critical time for influencing potential children and parents from next year’s possible intake, and you know that the trend from Ofsted inspections is for schools and colleges to drop one if not two grades. Sound familiar? It is – you’re not alone. Over the past couple of years we’ve worked with a number of schools and colleges who have found themselves in this position and have had to put in a lot of work to maintain pupil enrolment numbers and

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Peaches hanging on a tree branch

A Peachy New Year?

Ask what Peach is and you will get two different answers depending on who you’re talking to.  Anybody over 25 and not working in social media will tell you that it’s a deliciously sweet and furry fruit that comes from Florida. The others will show you their iPhone and the sparkly new app of the same name that is getting a lot of attention since it’s launch in the past week. It has a sprightly, bright look about it and looks effortlessly clean and a little similar to the other messenger platforms people use to chat to their friends. It’s

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Frame from the DTW Christmas animation

We’re here for you all year round

*** Don’t forget to turn up your sound when watching! *** We have really enjoyed working with you in 2015 and look forward to catching up with you again in 2016. Thankyou for helping us do what we love. Have a fantastic Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.  

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Pride award crowns a successful year for new Northumberland hospital

It was great to see the comms team behind the work to tell people about the creation of England’s first purpose-built specialist emergency care hospital get some recognition at the north east CIPR Pride awards last week. The Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust were well deserved winners of both the Best Healthcare and the Best Use of Digital campaigns for their work. This isn’t some back door way of plugging our work by the way – we weren’t involved (would love to be next time though guys and girls) but it is good to see an important and successful campaign

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The joy of flight

Earlier in the year we hopped over the back wall of DTW Towers into the grounds of historic Gisborough Priory in order to conduct a test flight of the new DJI Inspire drone which our aerial filming partners at iSky had just got their hands on. With the help of our friends at the Gisborough Priory Project, we’d successfully negotiated the labyrinth of permissions and approvals needed to fly on English Heritage land – aside from needing a CAA license to operate commercially there are a whole host of other checks and paperwork that should be completed if you’re going

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Photo of four yellow emojis pulling various faces – the focus is on the smiling one

DTW listed on new NHS framework

Health sector communications has never been under more pressure. We say it every year – and it’s true every year. Budget squeezes, the context of junior doctors on strike and

Read More
Peaches hanging on a tree branch

A Peachy New Year?

Ask what Peach is and you will get two different answers depending on who you’re talking to.  Anybody over 25 and not working in social media will tell you that

Read More

The joy of flight

Earlier in the year we hopped over the back wall of DTW Towers into the grounds of historic Gisborough Priory in order to conduct a test flight of the new

Read More
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