We have been working with the Vitamin D Council for a few years now. In that time, we have helped them completely redevelop the way they produce health information and have supported them to become a self-funded membership organisation that generates significant revenue from membership subscriptions via their website.
This week sees the launch of a new responsive version of their website, which looks fantastic on desktops, tablets and mobiles. The logo, web design and illustrations were created by our friends at Design By Day.
Building a highly accessible patient-friendly website in less than 2 months is no mean feat, but that’s exactly what we did recently for the College of Optometrists. Their brief dictated that we redesign and rebuild their public-facing website: ‘Look After Your Eyes’ to very tight deadlines.
Twenty years ago when we started working in healthcare we were viewed by many as heretics and deviants (some may say that few things change). It has taken many years to place evidence-based healthcare at the centre of clinical practice and health policy making and there’s still a huge amount of work to do, but the approach that we have championed for years is now very much the ‘accepted way’. Health professionals have far greater awareness of evidence than a few years ago, critical appraisal skills are core to many training programmes and the quality of evidence is improving all the time.
The Learning Disabilities Elf helps you keep up to date with the latest reliable research, policy and guidance: 
Watching Olympic gymnastics should come with a health and safety warning! All I was trying to do was emulate a couple of pommel horse moves and before you know it…
We’re launching a new website today called Informed Choice about Cancer Screening.