Short shorts: Alcohol labelling

This is the first in a new series. Consultations in 200 words or less! This is the options for improving information on the labels of alcoholic drinks to support consumers to make healthier choices in the UK from the Department of Health. Get your ideas, thoughts and evidence in for 9 May 2010, email UKalcohollabelling@dh.gsi.gov.uk. You’re not supposed to […]

Ordnance Survey: the options for change — or not?

This has been by far the hardest paper I’ve ever tried to translate. I don’t think it’s quite plain English. More plainer English. I hope this is of some use to all the people out there who care quite deeply about maps, and the power geographical information and all the wonderful things we can do with mapping […]

Ordnance Survey: a sneak preview

The full version of this Ordnance Survey paper is now up, have a look! Because you’ve been waiting ages, here’s my overview of the free maps package the government are (sort of) offering with every option for Ordnance Survey’s future. As for the rest, Simply Understand’s kryptonite might well be business speak. It’s on it’s way. Not […]

Now, I realise I’m cutting it a bit fine with the Ordnance Survey paper I’ve promised you. I hope to have it ready sometime this week. Turns out economics is one of those areas where I need to learn a whole lot before I can explain it to anyone! Ramsey pricing? Monopoly rents? Argh! So in the meantime, why not: send me some […]

What is a consultation, and how do they work?

Have a look at this little video I’ve made. It explains in a the most basic way what consultations are (when you want to change something) and how they work!

On your marks, get set, vote!

It’s time for you to vote on what you’d like to see next at Simply Understand. For those who don’t know, this is how it works — I take three interesting-looking Government consultations, and I let you fight it out for which one gets turned into an easy to understand version. These are the three consultations up […]

Waiting times and health checks on the NHS

The NHS constitution has been around since January 2009. It’s a promise from the NHS to you that they will look after you properly, and that you have a right to be looked after well when you need to use NHS services like hospitals, doctors and dentists. It’s taken a while to get there, but from January 2010 all the […]

Direct payments for Health Care (a request)

The government’s looking at giving patients the ability to spend directly on the care they need, not just being put on a waiting list or going to an NHS therapy service that’s too far away. I got an email asking if I could translate the consultation on this before I put the last poll up. They also asked if […]