Get the story telling widget!

Our story telling widget means people can share the story of their care on your site, without leaving your web pages.

Adding this to your page takes only a minute or two (so long as you are allowed to edit your HTML).

Here's what story telling widgets look like roaming in the wild:

NHS Borders asking for feedback about their services

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - Start Well (School Nursing & Health Visiting)

Or how about adding the kiosk version to your webpage?

Inclusion Sexual health open clinics

How to embed the story telling widget on your web page

All you have to do is place this HTML code into your web page, where you want the widget to appear:

<iframe src="https://www.careopinion.org.uk/widget/YourOpinion" allowTransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="700" height="1000" frameborder="0">You must have a browser that supports iframes to view the Care Opinion widget</iframe>

This should be enough to get you started, but if you get stuck, do feel free to contact us.

You can adjust the height and width of your widget, subject to a few constraints:

1. Width can go down to about 480 pixels as a minimum. Below that it will get a bit disorderly.
2. The height needs to stay above 900 pixels because later in the story-telling process more vertical space is used. For this reason we also recommend that you do not put anything below the widget on the page.
3. Typically, if you make the widget narrower, you'll also need to increase the height.
4. It is worth testing the full workflow once you have the widget in place, to make sure nothing is cut off the bottom of each step. But note you will be sending stories to our live site, so please enter "testing" in the story title so we know not to publish your test stories!

Make sure your visitors understand

When people visit your web site, they might not understand that their story is handled by Care Opinion, and not by you. We recommend you add some text to explain this clearly.

What you say is up to you - but here's a suggestion to get you started:

If you've experienced health care recently, either as a patient yourself or as a carer or friend of someone else, please tell us how it was. What was good? What could have been better?

Your story will be handled confidentially by the non-profit service Care Opinion. Your story may appear (without your name) on their website. Care Opinion asks the health service to respond to the feedback you share, but does not reveal your identity.

This service is independent of [your site here] and the NHS. For more information about Care Opinion and how your story is handled, visit www.careopinion.org.uk.

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