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Government announces £23m to help councils promote COVID-19 vaccine
The Government is spending millions on recruiting local ‘Community Champions’ to promote the coronavirus vaccine, amid concerns that a significant number of people are sceptical of its benefits.
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Highways England appoints public affairs manager
Vanessa Furey has been named public affairs manager at Highways England, leaving her role as campaigns and public affairs manager at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
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NHS staff and patients implore public to follow rules in powerful COVID-19 campaign
Doctors, nurses, and seriously ill coronavirus patients are making an emotional appeal for people to stay at home in a comms campaign launched by the Government.
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Private equity firm invests in medical comms
Private equity firm NorthEdge has invested in Helios Medical Communications to support an expansion programme by the Cheshire-based agency.
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Pharma Comms announces 2021 speaker programme with Pfizer, GSK and NHS
Senior figures from GlaxoSmithKline, Omnicom, NHS England, Pfizer and Roche are among the speakers at PRWeek’s PharmaComms 2021 virtual conference, which takes place next month.
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Engine MHP restructures public affairs team leadership and hires pharma expert
Jamie Lyons has been made sole head of Engine MHP's public affairs team, while James Gurling has been made executive chair of the practice, the agency announced today.
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Top 20 healthcare agency names managing director
Healthcare comms agency Aurora has promoted Chris Bath from director and digital insights lead to managing director.
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WPI Strategy and former Matt Hancock spad launch healthcare research centre
WPI Strategy has teamed up with Richard Sloggett, previously a special adviser to health secretary Matt Hancock, to launch a healthcare research centre, the public affairs agency announced today.
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Ex-government comms chief returns to private sector as agency founding partner
Toby Orr, former director of comms and marketing at the Department for International Trade, has joined fledgling agency Shearwater Global as a founding partner.
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Case study: Ambulance TV series breaks comms records
London Ambulance Service capitalised on the primetime exposure it received from the BAFTA award-winning BBC One series Ambulance in the autumn, boosting its own comms ratings.
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Official figures reveal £1m spend on best paid government comms professionals
A number of PR professionals working in government are among the highest-paid officials in the country, according to new Cabinet Office figures.
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National Archives shed light on No.10’s first steps towards digital government
Newly released confidential files reveal the behind-the-scenes discussions held by senior officials over the creation of the first Downing Street website.
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Six healthcare campaigns we liked in 2020
While the pandemic has captured the headlines, the past year has also seen the launch of numerous non-COVID-related health campaigns competing for engagement.
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Biggest health comms appointments and surprise departures of 2020
PRWeek casts its eye over some of the most notable people moves in health comms over the past year, from senior appointments and promotions to high profile departures.
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Biggest public sector comms hires – and the shock departures of 2020
PRWeek reviews the most significant hires and departures of 2020 in the world of public sector comms.
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MoD comms team ‘acted as if’ blacklisting policy existed, official review says
Individuals working in the Ministry of Defence comms team blacklisted a media outlet, contrary to government guidance, after they misinterpreted a comment by their former boss, according to a review commissioned by defence secretary Ben Wallace.
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Ex-Labour minister to lead agency's public affairs work
Lynda Waltho, former Labour Party MP and regional minister for the West Midlands, has joined Hera Communication Strategies as director of public affairs, the agency has announced.
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Police comms stalwart rises up the ranks
Joanne Hunt, a 30-year veteran of police comms, has been appointed head of digital and engagement for West Midlands Police, PRWeek has learned.
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Case study: London's public sector comms shows united front to boost COVID-19 testing
Comms teams across the capital joined together for a 'Keep London safe' campaign that has resulted in a surge in people getting tested for the coronavirus.
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Case study: Breast cancer campaign with stars and survivors had record-breaking impact
Virgo Health’s work on the annual breast cancer campaign with The Estée Lauder Companies helped make it the most successful to date, with wide-ranging media coverage and a surge in people signing up for self-check alerts.
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