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WPP joins forces with top research university to tackle health issues
WPP's health practice and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) are to work together on sharing knowledge and expertise in tackling global health challenges, in a collaboration that began this week.
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Exclusive: Government Communications Plan - Brexit the biggest priority amid surge in campaigns
The Government is to mount more than 160 campaigns in the coming year, with a particular focus on tackling disinformation and promoting Britain's place in the world, outlined in its annual comms plan for 2019-20, published today.
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Exclusive: Government to train public sector comms troops for battle in escalating disinformation war
Whitehall is to train comms professionals across the public sector to combat disinformation after the executive director of the Government Communications Service, Alex Aiken, warned that the problem poses a growing threat to democracy.
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State Of The Profession Report: public sector comms can harm your mental health
Comms professionals in the public sector are bearing the brunt of what the CIPR's latest 'State of the Profession' report calls an "epidemic" of mental ill-health.
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Murder victim inspires Silent Solution campaign to save lives
The tragic fate of a terrified woman who mistakenly thought making a silent 999 call would be enough to save her life is being used as a cautionary tale in a police campaign launched this week.
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Family's philanthropy tainted by pharma scandal
Some of the world's biggest PR firms are fighting a rearguard action to protect the reputation of the Sackler family, which is at risk of being irreparably damaged by the opioid crisis and scandal in the US.
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PRCA Health Conference: "Fake health news is risking lives"
Fake news is spreading faster than the truth, aided and abetted by social media, in a growing problem that is harming public health and putting lives at risk, delegates at the PRCA's first health conference heard.
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Novo Nordisk staff run internal comms campaign for office defibrillators
A new campaign by staff at global healthcare company Novo Nordisk aims to raise awareness of how an automated external defibrillator (AED) can save the life of someone suffering a heart attack, in a bid to get the medical devices placed within its offices.
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Doctors use campaign to sound the alarm on antibiotic resistance
Medical experts are stressing the importance of research into the threats posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can cause fatal infections, and how these can be tackled, in a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) campaign.
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Council comms professionals morale at all-time low, survey warns
Amid high levels of concern over time and budget pressures, morale within local authority comms teams is falling and has reached a record low, according to a new survey for LGcomms.
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Exclusive: End of an era as GREAT director takes new government role
Conrad Bird, director of the GREAT Britain campaign, is to start a new role as director of campaigns and marketing at the Department for International Trade in a matter of weeks, PRWeek can reveal.
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Europeans living in UK targeted in controversial campaign
A simple graphic depicting cups of tea is the focus of a last-minute campaign by the Home Office to encourage EU citizens living in the UK to apply for settled status in Britain.
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Defra campaigns head swaps government departments with move to FCO
Lara Hallett has been appointed head of campaigns at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), PRWeek has learned.
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Teething problems for police force Twitter account run by detectives
West Midlands Police opened itself up to criticism after detectives running one of its Twitter accounts used a photo of a blood-soaked operating theatre in Israel to warn people against using knives.
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NHS comms manager builds on property specialism for government role
Caroline Welch has left NHS Property Services, where she was senior press and public affairs manager, to take up a new role as senior comms manager for the government's Help to Buy scheme at Homes England, a non-departmental public body.
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Animal research labs should counter extremists by opening their doors, says trade body
Laboratories that use animals in their research should open their doors to visitors to combat the claims of animal rights activists, according to the European Animal Research Association (EARA).
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WHO puts spotlight on Formula One and calls for enforcement of tobacco marketing bans
Governments are being urged to enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship at sporting events, amid concerns that deals with Formula One alone could result in the promotion of tobacco to more than one billion people worldwide.
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Pharma company appoints Road Comms to promote osteoporosis drug
Theramex has hired health and wellbeing specialist Road Communications to handle a campaign for the drug Actonel GR, following their successful partnership in support of World Osteoporosis Day 2018.
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Case study: 'Cautious pharma' link up with LADbible wins high engagement for haemophilia campaign
An unlikely pairing of pharma giant Roche with youth media platform LADbible generated impressive results in its 'Bleeding obvious' campaign to raise awareness of haemophilia.
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Award-winning creative joins 'health and humanity' agency
Steve Broadhurst, who has won more than 40 awards in a career spanning more than 30 years, has been appointed creative director at healthcare comms agency 11 London, the company has announced.
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