Communications and Engagement Department

Communications performs a pivotal role at the trust engaging with internal stakeholders of staff and volunteers and external audiences including patients, visitors and all members of the public within our catchment area.

The methods of communication are wide and varied including in house magazines, intranet and website information, poster campaigns and newsletters.
 
The Communications and Engagement Department also manages events at the trust and press and PR.

Our brand guidelines

The style guide is designed to help us use the NHS corporate identity correctly, reassure people that our services are part of the NHS family, and that these services are being delivered in line with our values to present a consistent, approachable and recognisable image of East Cheshire NHS Trust in all our communications. No matter what the message – positive or negative, straightforward or complex – all communications must carry a consistent feel for East Cheshire NHS Trust. This guide helps us create that by providing corporate style rules and by offering guidelines for writing effectively and with good punctuations, grammar and spelling.

The style guide is maintained by the Communications and Engagement Department and forms part of our media policy. As the trust changes parts of this guide will also need to change, so we will be updating it accordingly. We also want this to be as useful for staff as possible, so please contact the Communications and Engagement Department on 01625 661184 if you have any suggestions for changes.

This guide has been prepared in accordance with the national NHS brand guidelines for care and acute trusts with reference to the Guardian, Observer and Economist style guide 2010 and the Plain Language Commission guidelines.

A number of trust templates have been produced, with the branding pre-applied. These templates are available from the Communications and Engagement Department and will be available soon on the trusts new intranet – Your Infonet. They must not be modified or altered without prior consent from the Communications and Engagement Department. Business units must use templates in their service specific colour, or in the corporate colour ( see part one of the guidelines Using our colours). Templates must not be provided to anyone outside the trust without prior consent from the Communications and Engagement Department. The following templates are available:

• Powerpoint presentation
• Word report templates
• Letterhead template
• Report templates

Please contact the Marketing and Communications Team for copies of the templates.

• View the East Cheshire NHS Trust style guide

Press activity

 

All media enquiries should be sent to:  ecn-tr.ECNTComms@nhs.net

For out of hours media enquiries please call Fiona Doorey, Head of Communications and Engagement on 07825832680.

Email us at: ecn-tr.ECNTComms@nhs.net

More information

Name	Title	Number
Fiona Doorey	Head of Communications and Engagement	01625 661184
Samina Taj	Marketing and Communications Officer	01625 661184
Adelle Twigg	PA to Head of Communications and Engagement	01625 661184