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more than 350 Health Matters readers recently took time out to
respond to our on-line survey designed to gauge your reaction to
our new format. Health Matters editor Stephen Mcgrath summarises
the responses received.
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t was great to receive your feedback articles and features and will be reviewing
without which we could never improve this after each issue.
our output. the format has changed also it appears that some readers are
from a more newsletter style publication not aware of our easy to read online digital
to one that provides greater insight into edition available by email and on the Hse
key programmes across the entire health Internet and Intranet sites. This edition
services and also highlights some of the contains an email a friend facility making
great work carried out by our staff. In it easy for staff to distribute the magazine
general readers have welcomed the electronically as they wish.
new format and many had positive We welcome some of the very valuable
comments to make. suggestions made by readers about
some readers queried the cost of the possible content and focus. We will be
magazine and didn’t seem to be aware looking at these over the coming months.
that the advertising revenue now being some problems with distribution were also
generated pays for the design, print and highlighted and we will be endeavouring to
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distribution costs of the magazine. taking improve in this area also.
the step of seeking advertising revenue to articles on practice development were
support our staff magazine is not an ideal PoSitiVe CoMMentS welcomed, and the positive aspect of many
scenario – however, it was taken following the new design of the magazine received articles was also praised. One respondent
much careful consideration. an overwhelmingly positive response from felt that the magazine helped to promote
We are conscious of balancing the readers, with many stating that the magazine networking and sharing of information.
amount of advertising with the number of is easier to read in the new A4 format. the survey told us that the vast majority
of respondents (96 per cent) were aware
of the magazine and that almost 70 per
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