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Frankie Roberto
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Freelance interaction designer. X-GOVUK contributor. London dad. Car-free cities. Working for NHS England.

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Nothing is slower than waiting for DNS to propagate. 🐌
January 13, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Safe flight back, and hope you get some rest!

Have really enjoyed the photos, what an incredible place!
January 13, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Weeknotes this week discuss news about health visitors delivering vaccinations, the NHS Online Hospital and the road safety strategy.

frankieroberto.github.io/nhsnotes/pos...
Week 79: Vaccines that come to you
Health visitor vaccinations, NHS online hospital, road safety
frankieroberto.github.io
January 11, 2026 at 8:38 PM
My 5 year old so is spending all his pocket money on comic books (Dogman, Bunny vs Monkey, Investigators and the like).

Can’t really complain, except they weigh a ton!
January 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I am!

(This reminds me, I need to book train tickets)
January 7, 2026 at 5:23 PM
In the Netherlands, the Railrunner ticket means kids only pay €2.50 per day for unlimited rail travel. What a bargain.

www.ns.nl/en/tickets/r...
Railrunner | Individual tickets | NS
Low-cost travel for children (4 to 11 years)
www.ns.nl
January 2, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Vaccinations given by health visitors, and the chicken pox vaccine available free on the NHS, let’s go! www.theguardian.com/society/2026... πŸ™ŒπŸ’‰
Children in England to be offered vaccines in their own homes
Exclusive: Pilot scheme launches as one in five start primary school with no protection against deadly diseases
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Just-in-time weeknotes from me, reflecting on 2025: frankieroberto.github.io/nhsnotes/pos...

Happy new year everyone! πŸ₯‚πŸŽ†
Week 78: Reflections on 2025
Vaccinations, product strategy, leadership, the year in numbers.
frankieroberto.github.io
December 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I’ve heard that the digital teams at Companies House are woefully under-resourced. ☹️
December 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Oh no, now is not a good time for the channel tunnel to be having issues. (We go away on Thursday…)

🀞
December 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I wonder if there are similar parallels for service design and interaction design.
December 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Ooh maybe!

I might try dropping the phrase into some work chats.
December 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My 6yo has a lovely phrase for using the Internet: β€œI’m gonna search it up”.
December 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
E.T. the Eggstra-Terrestrial

#EggAMovie
December 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Credit to the staff at Northampton station for a well-managed queue for the rail replacement coaches.
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Heading back to London via 3 trains and 1 rail replacement coach (Northampton to Milton Keynes).

What horrors await us? Let’s see… 😬
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Yep, I walked from Rhyl to Prestatyn!
December 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Went for a solo walk along the North Wales coast. Gorgeous.
December 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
2026 might be a make-or-break year for us. Or it might not.
December 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Nice post! Follow it up with 10 predictions for 2026? πŸ˜€
December 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Happy Christmas! Went for brisk walk along the dunes.
December 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Annual watching of The Snowman. ⛄️
December 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Reposted by Frankie Roberto
#TheBeautyOfTransport is looking at the newly unveiled GBR branding - not just what it is, but how we ended up with it, and how far it will actually spread. It's a long article this time, so plenty to keep you going over the holidays. Season's Greetings!
Union Flag Blues: the Branding of Great BritishΒ Railways
In a blaze of publicity, the branding for Great British Railways, state-owned future operator of some of the privatised British railway network, was unexpectedly launched earlier this month, a mere four years after Great British Railways was first announced. In typical British transport policy tradition, the government almost immediately undermined its own efforts to create a unifying visual identity for the English railway network, having long since ceded the battle to brand the British railway network.
thebeautyoftransport.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
And you currently have to ask your GP to set it up (which can take a while): frankieroberto.github.io/nhsnotes/pos...

But there is currently a trial to let you make the request online: www.nhs.uk/nhs-services...
frankieroberto.github.io
December 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Usual chaos on our Christmas getaway train on the west coast main line. Train rammed with big cases, reservations not loaded so our seats are taken, and onboard shop closed due to a technical issue.
December 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM