Primary Care Trusts on Facebook
This post forms part of a series investigating the use of social utilities for public and patient engagement by 152 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in the NHS in England. The research is to be submitted to MedInfo2010 where it will hopefully be accepted. This data was correct as of collection in July 2009 and as such will already be out-of-date. If you are a new PCT to Facebook please get in touch and I’ll add you to the list.
Facebook Groups
Facebook Pages
- Havering PCT
- Barnet PCT here and here
- North Tyneside PCT and Newcastle PCT
- Plymouth Teaching PCT
- Ealing PCT
- Brent Teaching PCT
- Brighton and Hove City PCT
- South Birmingham PCT
- Coventry Teaching PCT
- Kirklees PCT
- Sheffield PCT
- NHS Lincolnshire
- Doncaster PCT
- County Durham PCT
- Western Cheshire PCT here and here
- Manchester PCT
- Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT
- East and North Hertfordshire PCT
- Surrey PCT
- Leicester City PCT
- Northamptonshire Teaching PCT
- Peterborough PCT
Feel free to use this data in any way that you wish but please give credit where it is due. Although discussion topics, discussion posts, events, fans/members, links, photos, notes, videos and wall posts were collected this will only be made available by request as I will be conducting a longitudinal study of these organisations in the future. Should you want to get involved in the collection of this data please also get in touch! For PCTs, I will also be investigating how and why you are using Facebook so would be grateful for any comments that you may have and would be happy to organise a workshop in the future. As previously mentioned, this preliminary data will form part of a much larger programme of research. This is just the beginning.
Note: A number of PCTs had set up Facebook accounts as individuals which are not included in this list. The use of a Facebook Page is the recommended way to promote an organisation, with the use of Facebook Groups recommended for a specific cause.
See Also: Primary Care Trusts on Twitter
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