FULL FACT reports following: No evidence to support claims, pushed hard, often by people who should know better, on social media that Department of Health and Social Care (or marketing firm linked to it) running network of fake Twitter accounts to post pro-government messages.
The originator of claim says that he identified a network of 128 Twitter accounts, largely impersonating NHS staff members, sharing pro-gov messages. Full Fact aware of only one account publicly identified. Since deleted. No evidence it has any connection to the DHSC.
Full Fact asked individual who made the claim to share his evidence. He refused. What a surprise. End of.
