Reform Research Trust
- WSpooks, SourceWatch
- Linkback: Will Tanner
Transparency Rating: Who Funds You? [1]
An independent, non-party, liberal (right-wing) thinktank which seeks to set out a better way to deliver public services and economic prosperity,ref
Reform was founded in 2001 out of a concern that the record public spending increases that followed would not in fact transform public services, or improve economic productivity, in the way that was hoped.
Reform is politically independent, with an MP from each of the main Parties on its Advisory Board. It is an educational charity, established as the "Reform Research Trust". When Reform was launched, all of the major Westminster parties supported much higher spending as the way to improve public services and the economy. Now, none of them do.
Trustees
- Stephen Hargrave, Director of Walstead Investments Ltd.
- James Palmer is a solicitor. He is Chair and Senior Partner of the international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills. Served as Chairman of the Financial Services Authority and then Financial Conduct Authority's external advisory panel advising on primary markets policy and regulation.
- Jeremy Sillem was Chairman of Bear Stearns International Ltd, the European arm of the New York based investment bank, until Jan.2004. He is currently Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Spencer House Partners.
Advisory Board
FixMe: This is horribly out of date. Check. ref
Funding
- Accenture
- Adobe
- Affidea
- Airwave
- Ascension
- Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
- Assura
- Association of British Insurers
- Babcock International Group
- BAI Communications
- Baker McKenzie
- Beckton Dickinson (BD)
- British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
- Circle Health
- City of London Corporation
- Deloitte
- G4S Regional Management (UK&I)
- Greenbrook PR
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Home Group
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- KBR
- KPMG
- Liberals
- McKinsey & Company
- NOCN
- Optimum Health Solutions (UK) Ltd
- PA Consulting
- Sanofi
- Serco
- Sodexo
- Sopra Steria Group SA
- Palo Alto
- London Stock Exchange Group
- BT Group plc
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Timeline
- Britain’s ex-European Commissioner for Financial Services, Lord Hill (Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford), once sat on Reform’s board, and was expected to “be very successful indeed” at "bringing that reform to Europe".[a]
- former deputy director Nick Seddon is a key advisor to David Cameron on health
- Professor Paul Corrigan was a special advisor to Labour Health secretaries Alan Milburn and Dr John Reid, and later a policy advisor to Tony Blair
- Previous deputy directors include Elizabeth Truss, elected as a Conservative MP in 2010, and Nick Seddon appointed as a Senior Policy Advisor for Health and Social Care to Number 10 Downing Street.
- 2005: Andrew Haldenby became Director.
- 2001: Founded by Nick Herbert and and Andrew Haldenby out of a concern that the record public spending increases that followed would not in fact transform public services, or improve economic productivity, in the way that was hoped.
[a] Full speech by Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Reform Chairman’s Dinner, Nov.27.2014. Truss also remarked that Reform's director was no doubt "on the phone telling him what he ought to be doing".
Articles
- small bio of Oliver Huitson here: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-22528719
- NHS etc stuff, https://skwawkbox.org/2013/01/04/tories-pose-as-independent-charity-to-push-for-nhs-privatisation/
- Aug.17.2018: UK.gov told data-sharing plans need vendor buy-in. Think tank calls for open standards, interoperability. Govt departments should mandate interoperability when procuring systems and establish audit trails to track data use in order to benefit from data sharing Rebecca Hill, The Register.
- Jun.17.2014: NHS should be run like Tesco, claims Reform think tank. In a sweeping report authored by Professor Paul Corrigan - and coauthored by Mike Parish, chief executive of private health provider Care UK plc - Reform said that the Health Service should not rely on extra funding to survive into the 21st Century, but should allow independent companies and charities to work with the NHS to change the way care is delivered. Reform recently said that £1.2bn could be raised for the NHS by charging for GP appointments. It adds that the health service should learn from supermarket chains such as Tesco, by mirroring its business model of large superstores and smaller local shops, with a smaller number of large specialist hospitals, supported by small-scale community hospitals. It says lessons on the care of patients can be learned from Mazda, Volkswagen and BMW which have a "zero error" approach to quality assurance. The British Medical Association and most of the medical royal colleges have been vocal opponents of further privatisation of the NHS. A BMA spokesperson said: “Opening the NHS to the private sector, as we've seen happen under the Health and Social Care Act, has led to a fragmentation of services when greater coordination across the health service is what's needed. Charlie Cooper, The Guardian.
References
- ^ Transparency Comparison Table. Who Funds You?. Accessed Aug.2018.