West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust has poached Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust's comms director Antony Tiernan to fill a board-level comms position.
The UK's largest orthopaedic hospital has drafted in Grayling to boost awareness of its services and provide support for a major redevelopment of the NHS trust's site in Stanmore, Middlesex.
11 Oct 2012
| by Hannah Crown
New Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt must shake off his 'novice' image by making a considered series of announcements on big issues during the coming months, leading health PR professionals have suggested.
12 Jul 2012
| by John Owens and Matt Cartmell
A health watchdog set to be given sharper teeth under NHS reforms has brought in a senior PR figure to help deal with the changes.
14 Jun 2012
| by John Owens
The Department of Health is undertaking a comms reshuffle ahead of major changes in the NHS, with press officers being placed into policy-specific desks.
24 May 2012
| by John Owens
Efforts to overhaul the way that PR is handled within the NHS have been thwarted after failing to win the backing of GPs.
The Government must not rely on food industry partnerships to fight obesity, say comms professionals.
19 Apr 2012
| by John Owens
NHS Blood and Transplant has appointed The Red Consultancy as the body voices fears that a year of major national events such as London 2012 could hit donor rates.
PRWeek's Top 150 PR Consultancies, the annual ranking of PR agencies by fee income, is now open for entries.
Matthew Freud's PR agency has won a multi-faceted £1m per year PR account with the Department of Health.