BRIDGFORD PLAYS A PART IN NHS WEBSITE

The NHS website in Nottingham City has been given a fresh injection of design and creativity in order to maximise its role in providing health information for local people. Following feedback from the public, patients, staff and clinicians, West Bridgford-based website design and development company Volute was brought in to help refresh and re-launch the NHS Nottingham City internet site.
The new site brings together a range of information on local health services in a visually attractive way and has made navigation around the site easier for visitors. The home page displays the latest news and videos as well as helping guide local people to available healthcare services. It was developed following consultation with local people about the sort of information they wanted to see on a local NHS website. The re-launch has also provided NHS Nottingham City with an easy-to-use content management system so they can quickly update the site.
Volute director, Tim Ryan, said: “We were delighted to be chosen by NHS Nottingham City to overhaul their website and provide them with an online presence that served the needs of all their many diverse audiences.
“It was a great experience working with members of the public and patient representatives to provide a website that helps inform people about services and how to improve their health in an easy and eye-catching way.”
NHS Nottingham City is the primary care trust (PCT) responsible for planning for and buying the NHS services that local people need, making sure they are high quality and value for money.
Iain Fletcher, assistant director of communications and marketing at NHS Nottingham City, added: “It is vitally important we engage with members of the local public and patients in as many different ways as possible and increasingly people are finding it more convenient to obtain information about the local NHS online.
“Following feedback from the public, patients, staff and clinicians, Volute helped us put their requests into practice so that we now have a website that is more responsive to their needs. It is bright, vibrant, user-friendly and contains a huge amount of information in an accessible and easy-to-find way. We have been very pleased with the service from Volute in helping us re-launch our website which is now attracting 25% more visitors.”