Campaigns

Our campaigns and resources cover a range of health topics, including healthy eating, accessing NHS services and quitting smoking.

Latest campaign updates

Stoptober 2025

Stoptober is back with a new suite of resources to encourage smokers to make a quit attempt this October! With a whole calendar of both 'ready to use' and localisable resources, you will have the means to tailor this campaign to your specific audiences, from mid-September through to 31st October. If you need more information or if you would like the Canva link to the localisable versions of these resources, please email the Partnerships Team at partnerships@dhsc.gov.uk

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Help Us Help You - Cancer

Campaigns to encourage earlier diagnosis of cancer and uptake of screening.
Help Us Help You - Heart Attack, Stroke and Hypertension

Campaigns to increase earlier action on the signs of a heart attack or stroke to improve outcomes and save lives. This area also includes materials to raise awareness of the risks associated with hypertension (high blood pressure).
Help Us Help You - NHS 111

The NHS 111 campaign encourages people to use the NHS 111 service when they have an urgent but not life-threatening medical need.
Healthier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme

A free programme helping people to reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes.
Vaccinations

A variety of campaigns to encourage uptake of vaccinations for a range of audiences.
We Are The NHS

Covers NHS recruitment campaigns for both local and international audiences.
Monkeypox

Building awareness and a better understanding of monkeypox and encouraging people to take action if they think they have it.
When Am I Going Home?

Part of the Reducing Length of Stay programme to reduce the time long-stay patients are in hospital.
For A Greener NHS

Empowering NHS staff to come together to help create a greener, more sustainable NHS.
Turn To Us, We Are Here

This NHS campaign aims to raise awareness of sexual assault referral centres (SARCs) and promote the use of them.
Group A Strep

These materials are intended to inform parents and carers about the symptoms of iGAS in babies and children, what to look out for and what action to take if they are concerned.
Help Us Help You - Primary Care Services

Campaigns to encourage the best use of primary care services which include general practice, community pharmacy and dentistry.
Help Us Help You - NHS Talking Therapies

Campaign to increase use of NHS Talking Therapies for people experiencing feelings of anxiety or depression.
Reducing long stays: Empowering patients

The national ‘When am I going home?’ campaign from NHS England and NHS Improvement aims to reduce the length of time long-stay patients spend in hospital. By long we mean people who have been in hospital for three weeks or more.
Reducing Length of Stay (RLOS)

The national ‘Where best next?’ campaign from NHS England and NHS Improvement aims to help deliver a reduction in long-stay patients.
Prescription savings campaign

This campaign aims to raise awareness of the two prescription money saving schemes available to patients: the Prescription Prepayment Certificate and the Low Income Scheme.
ACT NOW

This campaign aims to promote the use of the ACT NOW acronym and approach among clinicians caring for adults and/or children in a sickle cell crisis.
NHS App

Campaign to encourage use of the NHS App, by increasing awareness of the App and its functionality and driving knowledge of the key benefits to using it to access NHS health and care services at your fingertips.
Op COURAGE Awareness Campaign

Op COURAGE is a a campaign to raise awareness of Op COURAGE: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service and as a result, increase the number of people using the service.
Martha’s Rule: Detecting Deterioration

These resources are designed to support NHS communications teams in the effective delivery of key information about Martha’s Rule to both staff and patients.
Friends and Family Test (FFT)

The Friends and Family Test (FFT) is an important feedback tool that supports the fundamental principle that people who use NHS services should have the opportunity to provide feedback on their experience.
Be Part of Research 2025

From Tuesday 20 May - International Clinical Trials Day - the National Institute for Health Reasearch (NIHR) will start a big collective push to encourage more people to participate in health and care research, with a focus on increasing registrations to Be Part of Research.
Best Start in Life

The Best Start in Life brand brings together all services, offers and support available to help guide and support parents from pregnancy to childcare, through their child’s journey to starting school and beyond.