Abbreviation
Upon de-merger from the DHSS the Department of Health was commonly abbreviated in internal Governmental correspondence to 'DoH', which was also used in staff email address endings (@doh.gsi.gov.uk). This was changed to DH, omitting the 'o', circa 2004, unwritten internal sources suggesting that the original abbreviation may be uncomfortably close to Homer Simpson's expression of disdain "D'oh!". DH is now the abbreviation used in correspondence, official email addresses and URLs, although a number of health media outlets continue to favour the previous abbreviation.
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