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Reform is a free market think-tank which describes itself as ‘an independent, non-party think-tank whose mission is to set out a better way to deliver public services and economic prosperity’.
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'''Reform''' is a free market think-tank which describes itself as ‘an independent, non-party think-tank whose mission is to set out a better way to deliver public services and economic prosperity’.
  
 
[[Image:Reform.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Reform, Hope House, [[Great Peter Street]], London SW1. Photo taken by Spinwatch, Dec 2010]]
 
[[Image:Reform.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Reform, Hope House, [[Great Peter Street]], London SW1. Photo taken by Spinwatch, Dec 2010]]
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In a March 2009 presentation [[Tim Montgomerie]] and [[Matthew Elliott]] described Reform as part of the infrastructure of the [[Movement Conservatism|conservative movement]] in Britain.<ref>Tim Montgomerie, [http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2009/03/the-growth-of-b.html The growth of Britain's conservative movement], ConservativeHome, 14 March 2009.</ref>
 
In a March 2009 presentation [[Tim Montgomerie]] and [[Matthew Elliott]] described Reform as part of the infrastructure of the [[Movement Conservatism|conservative movement]] in Britain.<ref>Tim Montgomerie, [http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2009/03/the-growth-of-b.html The growth of Britain's conservative movement], ConservativeHome, 14 March 2009.</ref>
  
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==History==
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==Background==
  
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Reform was launched by [[Andrew Haldenby]] and [[Nick Herbert]] in 2002. In October 2001 The Times reported having seen a strategy document for the future think-tank which stated that it would be modelled closely on Washington’s [[Heritage Foundation]]. The article reported that Reform would be launched in the New Year, i.e. early 2002. <ref>Tom Baldwin, ‘Davis team plan fuels fears over factions’, The Times, 27 October 2001</ref>
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Reform was launched by [[Andrew Haldenby]], [[Nick Herbert]] and [[Patrick Barbour]] in 2002. In October 2001, ''The Times'' reported having seen a strategy document for the future think-tank which stated that it would be modelled closely on Washington’s [[Heritage Foundation]]. The article said Reform would be launched in the New Year, ie early 2002. <ref>Tom Baldwin, ‘Davis team plan fuels fears over factions’, ''The Times'', 27 October 2001</ref>
  
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Reform It was incorporated as a not for profit company on 4 December 2001 under the name Reform Britain. The Daily Telegraph reported that it was run by its founders [[Andrew Haldenby]] and [[Nick Herbert]], as well as media executive [[James Bethell]].<ref> George Trefgarne, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2002/02/11/cctref11.xml ‘Let's get radical - and reform our public services’], Daily Telegraph, 11 February 2002 </ref>
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Reform was incorporated as a not-for-profit company on 4 December 2001 under the name [[Reform Britain]]. The ''Daily Telegraph'' reported that it was run by its founders [[Andrew Haldenby]] and [[Nick Herbert]], as well as media executive [[James Bethell]].<ref> George Trefgarne, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2002/02/11/cctref11.xml ‘Let's get radical - and reform our public services’], ''Daily Telegraph'', 11 February 2002 </ref>
  
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In May 2004 reform registered an associated charity the Reform Research Trust. Amongst the new charity’s objectives were to “educate the public on public policy issues, in particular in relation to public services and the economy”. <ref>[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/ScannedAccounts%5CEnds39%5C0001103739_AC_20041231_E_C.pdf  Reform Research Trust Accounts 1 January - 31 December 2004 (PDF)]</ref>
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In May 2004 Reform registered an associated charity the [[Reform Research Trust]]. Amongst the new charity’s objectives were to “educate the public on public policy issues, in particular in relation to public services and the economy”. <ref>[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/ScannedAccounts%5CEnds39%5C0001103739_AC_20041231_E_C.pdf  Reform Research Trust Accounts 1 January - 31 December 2004 (PDF)]</ref>
  
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==People==
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As of December 2017:
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===Leadership===
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*[[Andrew Haldenby]] Director, Andrew Haldenby co-founded Reform with [[Nick Herbert]] in 2001.  He was previously Communications Director at [[Business for Sterling]], Director of Studies at the [[Centre for Policy Studies]] and Head of the Political Section in the Conservative Research Department.
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===Trustees===
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*[[James Palmer]]; Chair and Senior Partner of law firm [[Herbert Smith Freehills]]. According to his biog, he has 'extensive experience of both regulation and deregulation', including as chair of the [[Financial Services Authority]] and then [[Financial Conduct Authority]]’s external advisory panel advising on primary markets policy and regulation.
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*[[Jeremy Sillem]]; Co-Founder [[Spencer House Partners]]; former chair of [[Bear Stearns]] International Limited, the European arm of the New York based investment bank, until January 2004.
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*[[Stephen Hargrave]]; director and co-owner of one of the country’s biggest printing companies.
  
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==Personnel==
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===Advisory Board===
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==Executive team==
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*[[Chris Gibson-Smith]], Regional Vice Chairman of [[UBS]] Investment Bank; chair of life insurance company, [[JUST Group]]; previously spent over 30 years with [[BP]].
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*[[Andrew Haldenby]], Director
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*[[Oliver Pawle]] chair of the European Advisory Board of [[FTI Consulting]]; previously vice chairman of the investment banking division of [[UBS]]; began at [[PwC]]
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*[[Nick Seddon]], Deputy Director. Seddon was head of communications at private hopsital firm [[Circle]] for 18 months. He left in early 2010.<ref>Public Affairs News, [http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/no_cache/home/uk-news/news-detail/newsarticle/private-healthcare-firm-circle-recruits-ex-lansley-aide-to-head-comms/2/?tx_ttnews[pointer]=9&cHash=a4088759d7 Private healthcare firm Circle recruits ex-Lansley aide to head comms ], July 2010</ref>
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*[[Jeremy Browne]]; Special Representative for the [[City of London Corporation]] in Brussels; former [[Liberal Democrat]] MP for Taunton.  
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*[[Frank Field]] is the Labour MP for Birkenhead.  From 1997 to 1998 he was the Minister for Welfare Reform, Department of Social Security.
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===Directors===
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* Professor [[Nick Bosanquet]] Consultant Director, Nick Bosanquet is Professor of Health Policy at [[Imperial College]], London.  He is a health economist who first carried out research on NHS funding in the 1980s for the York Reports sponsored by the [[British Medical Association]], the [[Royal College of Nursing]] and the [[Institute for Health Services Management]].  He has been Special Adviser on public expenditure to the [[Commons Health Committee]] since 2000.  He is a non-Executive Director of a Primary Care Trust in London.
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*[[Andrew Haldenby]] Director, Andrew Haldenby co-founded Reform with [[Nick Herbert]] in 2001.  He was previously Communications Director at [[Business for Sterling]], Director of Studies at the [[Centre for Policy Studies]] and Head of the Political Section in the Conservative Research Department.
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*[[Tim Parker]] a 'serial private-equity player', Parkers has been described as 'the Prince of Darkness' by trade unions. Adviser to [[CVC]] (private equity).
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*Sir [[Steve Robson]] was Second Permanent Secretary and Managing Director of the Finance, Regulation and Industry Directorate at [[HM Treasury]] until 2001.
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* Lord [[Norman Warner]] Former Minister of Health 2003-07
  
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===Former directors/advisors===
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====Former executives====
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*[[Nick Herbert]] is the Conservative MP for Arundel & South Downs.  He co-founded Reform with Andrew Haldenby.
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*[[Nick Seddon]], Was Reform's deputy director until May 2013 when he was appointed Prime Minister David Cameron's health policy adviser. Seddon was head of communications at private hospital firm [[Circle]] for 18 months. He left in early 2010. He was replaced at Circle by [[Christina Lineen]], a former aide to Health Secretary [[Andrew Lansley]].<ref>''Public Affairs News,'' [http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/no_cache/home/uk-news/news-detail/newsarticle/private-healthcare-firm-circle-recruits-ex-lansley-aide-to-head-comms/2/?tx_ttnews[pointer]=9&cHash=a4088759d7 Private healthcare firm Circle recruits ex-Lansley aide to head comms ], July 2010</ref>
 
*[[Rupert Darwall]] Consultant Director, Rupert Darwall is a freelance strategy consultant.  He was previously Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [[Norman Lamont]].
 
*[[Rupert Darwall]] Consultant Director, Rupert Darwall is a freelance strategy consultant.  He was previously Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [[Norman Lamont]].
  
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* Professor [[Nick Bosanquet]] Consultant Director, Nick Bosanquet is Professor of Health Policy at Imperial College, London.  He is a health economist who first carried out research on NHS funding in the 1980's for the York Reports sponsored by the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Nursing and the Institute for Health Services Management.  He has been Special Adviser on public expenditure to the Commons Health Committee since 2000.  He is a non-Executive Director of a Primary Care Trust in London.
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====Former Advisers====
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===Advisory Board===
 
 
*Sir [[Christopher Gent]] Chairman, Sir Christopher is Chairman of [[GlaxoSmithKIine]] plc and a non-executive director of [[Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.]]  He was Chief Executive of [[Vodafone Group]] plc until August 2003.
 
*Sir [[Christopher Gent]] Chairman, Sir Christopher is Chairman of [[GlaxoSmithKIine]] plc and a non-executive director of [[Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.]]  He was Chief Executive of [[Vodafone Group]] plc until August 2003.
 
*[[Meg Allen]] is Director of DRAMLA SA, Geneva.
 
*[[Meg Allen]] is Director of DRAMLA SA, Geneva.
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*[[Jeremy Browne]] is the Liberal Democrat MP for Taunton.
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*[[Jonathan Hill]], now Lord Hill; former European Commissioner for Finance; ex-Director of [[Quiller Consultants]]; and ex-Political Secretary to the Prime Minister [[John Major]] until 1994.
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*[[Frank Field]] is the Labour MP for Birkenhead.  From 1997 to 1998 he was the Minister for Welfare Reform, Department of Social Security.
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*[[Derek Scott]], Economic Consultant to [[KPMG]]. He was Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister until the end of 2003.
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*[[Nick Herbert]] is the Conservative MP for Arundel & South Downs.  He co-founded Reform with Andrew Haldenby.
 
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*[[Jonathan Hill]] is a Director of [[Quiller Consultants]], the leading UK communications group which he founded in 1998.  He was Political Secretary to the Prime Minister [[John Major]] until 1994.
 
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*[[Oliver Pawle]] Hon. Treasurer is Vice Chairman of [[UBS Investment Bank]].
 
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*Sir [[Steve Robson]] was Second Permanent Secretary and Managing Director of the Finance, Regulation and Industry Directorate at HM Treasury until 2001.
 
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*[[Derek Scott]] is Economic Consultant to [[KPMG]].   He was Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister until the end of 2003.
 
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*[[Jeremy Sillem]] Hon. Treasurer, Jeremy Sillem was the Chairman of Bear Stearns International Limited, the European arm of the New York based investment bank, until January 2004.
 
 
*Sir [[Richard Sykes]] became Rector of Imperial College London in January 2001.  He was Chairman of [[GlaxoSmithKline]] plc until May 2002.
 
*Sir [[Richard Sykes]] became Rector of Imperial College London in January 2001.  He was Chairman of [[GlaxoSmithKline]] plc until May 2002.
  
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====Former Advisory Council====
 
*Sir [[Robert Balchin]] Former Chairman, [[Grant Maintained Schools Foundation]]
 
*Sir [[Robert Balchin]] Former Chairman, [[Grant Maintained Schools Foundation]]
 
*Dr [[Adrian Bull]] Managing Director, [[Carillion Health]]
 
*Dr [[Adrian Bull]] Managing Director, [[Carillion Health]]
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*[[Chris Woodhead]] Former Chief Inspector of Schools
 
*[[Chris Woodhead]] Former Chief Inspector of Schools
  
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== Funding==  
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==Funding==
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Reform describes itself as determinedly independent and states that none of its research is funded by either companies or individuals.
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Its corporate partners as of October 2017 include:
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[[Association of British Insurers]] | [[Adobe]] | [[Accenture]] | [[Aviva]] | [[Babcock]] | [[Barclays]] | [[BD]] (medtech company) | [[BT]] | [[British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association]] ([[BVCA]]) | [[Corporation of London]] | [[Clifford Chance]] | [[Deloitte]] | [[G4S]] | [[HP]] | [[ICAEW]] | [[Ingeus]] | [[KBR]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Optum]] | [[PA Consulting]] | [[Pfizer]] | [[Serco]] | [[Sodexo]] | [[Opra Steria]] | [[Unilink]]
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===2016===
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Organisations listed on Reform's website as providing more than £5,000 in sponsorship to Reform during 2016:
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[[Hewlett Packard]] | [[Accenture]] | [[Baxter Healthcare]] | [[Alliance Medical]] | [[SimplyHealth]] | [[Deloitte]] | [[Prospects Services]] | [[Home Group]] | [[ICAEW]] | [[G4S]] | [[BT]] | [[British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association]] ([[BVCA]] | [[Association of British Insurers]] | [[Age UK]] | [[Becton Dickinson]]  UK | [[McKinsey & Co]] | [[Ingeus]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Big Society Capital]]| [[BBC]] Accounts Payable |  [[KBR]] | [[Interserve]] | [[Prudential]] | [[Babcock]] International Group | [[Cisco]] | [[Liberata]] UK | [[Aviva]] | [[Optum]] | [[PA Consulting]] | [[Serco]] | [[Sopra Steria]] | [[Raytheon]] | [[London Stock Exchange]]
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Other previous funders include: [[Legal & General]], [[Scottish Widows]], [[Aviva]], [[Benenden insurance]], [[Gen Re]] (reinsurer of health products) and US health insurance giant [[UnitedHealth]]. The industry’s trade body, the [[Association of British Insurers]] is also a donor. <ref> ref needed </ref>
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Prudential was Reform’s most generous funder in 2012, handing over £67,500.
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===2011===
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In May 2011 Reform listed the following as 'corporate members':
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[[Association of British Insurers]] | [[Aviva]] | [[Balfour Beatty]] | [[BP]] | [[Benenden Healthcare Society]] | [[Bevan Brittan]] | [[BG Group]] | [[British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association ]] | [[Cable & Wireless]] | [[Capita]] | [[Centrica]] | [[Clifford Chance]] | [[Citigroup]] | [[City of London Corporation]] | [[Ernst & Young]] | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[G4S]] | [[GE]] | [[General Healthcare Group]] | [[HP]] | [[ICAEW]] | [[KPMG]] | [[MSD]] | [[Novo Nordisk]] | [[Optical Confederation]] | [[PA Consulting Group]] | [[RSA]] | [[SAP]] | [[Serco]] | [[Sodexo]] | [[Telereal Trillium]].
  
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===2004===
 
During 2004 the [[Reform Research Trust]] received donations of £327,216 and an expenditure of £201,130.<ref>[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/ScannedAccounts%5CEnds39%5C0001103739_AC_20041231_E_C.pdf  Reform Research Trust Accounts 1 January - 31 December 2004 (PDF)]</ref>
 
During 2004 the [[Reform Research Trust]] received donations of £327,216 and an expenditure of £201,130.<ref>[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/ScannedAccounts%5CEnds39%5C0001103739_AC_20041231_E_C.pdf  Reform Research Trust Accounts 1 January - 31 December 2004 (PDF)]</ref>
  
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Reform supports the 'grassroots' campaign group, [[Doctors for Reform]].  
 
Reform supports the 'grassroots' campaign group, [[Doctors for Reform]].  
  
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During the 2010 Conservative Party conference, Reform ran a number of health-related events including, ‘NHS: The new health service’, an invite only event sponsored by [[Baxter]] UK, an arm of the American private healthcare company; and ‘Healthy Competition’,  a panel discussion between the Minister for Public Health, Anne Milton, and the CEO of private healthcare company [[General Healthcare Group]].
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During the 2010 [[Conservative Party]] conference, Reform ran a number of health-related events including, ‘NHS: The new health service’, an invite only event sponsored by [[Baxter]] UK, an arm of the American private healthcare company; and ‘Healthy Competition’,  a panel discussion between the Minister for Public Health, [[Anne Milton]], and the CEO of private healthcare company [[General Healthcare Group]].
  
 
===Health reform===
 
===Health reform===
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Reform believes that the government should "grasp the nettle on how health services are financed," and that "the Coalition has missed the real opportunity for NHS reform." "Co payments and user charges," should be part of the NHS and the government should do more "to encourage the greater role of insurance".<ref>Reform, [http://www.reform.co.uk/Research/Health/HealthArticles/tabid/80/smid/378/ArticleID/1258/reftab/69/t/Delivering%20a%20new%20health%20agenda/Default.aspx Delivering a new health agenda], July 2010</ref>
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Reform has long advocated free-market reforms to the NHS. It believes that the government should 'grasp the nettle on how health services are financed,' and that 'the Coalition has missed the real opportunity for NHS reform'. <ref> Tamasin Cave, [http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/lobbying/item/5633-who-is-calling Who is behind Reform's call for NHS charges?], ''Spinwatch'', 31 March 2013 </ref>
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It has argued that 'Co-payments and user charges', should be part of the NHS and the government should do more 'to encourage the greater role of insurance'.<ref>Reform, [http://www.reform.co.uk/Research/Health/HealthArticles/tabid/80/smid/378/ArticleID/1258/reftab/69/t/Delivering%20a%20new%20health%20agenda/Default.aspx Delivering a new health agenda], July 2010</ref>
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In March 2014 Reform published a report '''Solving the NHS care and cash crisis'''. Its recommendations included that:
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:People in England should be forced to pay a £10-a-month NHS "membership charge" (to save the service from ruin)
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:People staying overnight in hospital should pay ‘hotel charges’.
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Reform is funded by companies which would benefit greatly from the introduction of changes to the way we pay for healthcare. These have included General Healthcare Group, the UK’s largest private hospital firm, but more significantly a large number of corporations in the private health insurance industry.
  
 
===Health publications===
 
===Health publications===
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*'''Solving the NHS care and cash crisis''', March 2014, Reform
 
*'''Delivering a new health agenda''', July 2010<ref>Reform, [http://www.reform.co.uk/Research/Health/HealthArticles/tabid/80/smid/378/ArticleID/1258/reftab/69/t/Delivering%20a%20new%20health%20agenda/Default.aspx Delivering a new health agenda], July 2010</ref> Funded by [[General Healthcare Group]], [[Dr Foster Intelligence]] and [[Bevan Brittan]]. Calls for an "increase in private contributions to health costs" and greater competition in the provision of services.  
 
*'''Delivering a new health agenda''', July 2010<ref>Reform, [http://www.reform.co.uk/Research/Health/HealthArticles/tabid/80/smid/378/ArticleID/1258/reftab/69/t/Delivering%20a%20new%20health%20agenda/Default.aspx Delivering a new health agenda], July 2010</ref> Funded by [[General Healthcare Group]], [[Dr Foster Intelligence]] and [[Bevan Brittan]]. Calls for an "increase in private contributions to health costs" and greater competition in the provision of services.  
 
*'''Fewer hospitals, more competition''', March 2010<ref>Reform, [http://www.reform.co.uk/Research/Health/HealthArticles/tabid/80/smid/378/ArticleID/1147/reftab/69/t/Fewer%20hospitals%20more%20competition/Default.aspx Fewer hospitals, more competition], March 2010</ref> This report calls for more competition in health service providers and for the NHS to "Commit to greater plurality in supply and reverse the “NHS preferred provider” policy."  
 
*'''Fewer hospitals, more competition''', March 2010<ref>Reform, [http://www.reform.co.uk/Research/Health/HealthArticles/tabid/80/smid/378/ArticleID/1147/reftab/69/t/Fewer%20hospitals%20more%20competition/Default.aspx Fewer hospitals, more competition], March 2010</ref> This report calls for more competition in health service providers and for the NHS to "Commit to greater plurality in supply and reverse the “NHS preferred provider” policy."  
 
*'''The future of health''', June 2009<ref>Reform, [http://www.reform.co.uk/Research/Health/HealthArticles/tabid/80/smid/378/ArticleID/768/reftab/69/t/The%20future%20of%20health/Default.aspx The future of health], June 2009</ref> Report and conference funded by [[General Healthcare Group]], [[Pru health]], [[Interhealth Canada]], [[MSD]], [[Dr Foster Intelligence]] and [[ACCA]].
 
*'''The future of health''', June 2009<ref>Reform, [http://www.reform.co.uk/Research/Health/HealthArticles/tabid/80/smid/378/ArticleID/768/reftab/69/t/The%20future%20of%20health/Default.aspx The future of health], June 2009</ref> Report and conference funded by [[General Healthcare Group]], [[Pru health]], [[Interhealth Canada]], [[MSD]], [[Dr Foster Intelligence]] and [[ACCA]].
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==Lobbying firms==
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[[Burson-Marsteller]] provided public affairs services for the Reform Research Trust in 2012 <ref>PRCA Public Affairs Register: Agencies – June to August 2012 and September to November 2012 </ref>
  
 
==Connections==
 
==Connections==
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*Tel: 020 7799 6699
 
*Tel: 020 7799 6699
 
*Fax: 020 7233 4446
 
*Fax: 020 7233 4446
 
*Email: info@reform.co.uk
 
*Email: info@reform.co.uk
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*Twitter: [https://twitter.com/reformthinktank @reformthinktank]
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==Resources==
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*Tamasin Cave, [http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/lobbying/item/5633-who-is-calling Who is behind Reform's call for NHS charges?], ''Spinwatch'', 31 March 2013
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:27, 10 September 2018

Reform is a free market think-tank which describes itself as ‘an independent, non-party think-tank whose mission is to set out a better way to deliver public services and economic prosperity’.

Reform, Hope House, Great Peter Street, London SW1. Photo taken by Spinwatch, Dec 2010

They ‘believe that by liberalising the public sector, breaking monopoly and extending choice, high quality services can be made available for everyone.’

Their vision is 'of a Britain with 21st Century healthcare, high standards in schools, a modern and efficient transport system, safe streets, and a free, dynamic and competitive economy'. [1]

In a March 2009 presentation Tim Montgomerie and Matthew Elliott described Reform as part of the infrastructure of the conservative movement in Britain.[2]

Background

Reform was launched by Andrew Haldenby, Nick Herbert and Patrick Barbour in 2002. In October 2001, The Times reported having seen a strategy document for the future think-tank which stated that it would be modelled closely on Washington’s Heritage Foundation. The article said Reform would be launched in the New Year, ie early 2002. [3]

Reform was incorporated as a not-for-profit company on 4 December 2001 under the name Reform Britain. The Daily Telegraph reported that it was run by its founders Andrew Haldenby and Nick Herbert, as well as media executive James Bethell.[4]

In May 2004 Reform registered an associated charity the Reform Research Trust. Amongst the new charity’s objectives were to “educate the public on public policy issues, in particular in relation to public services and the economy”. [5]

People

As of December 2017:

Leadership

Trustees

Advisory Board

Former directors/advisors

Former executives

  • Nick Herbert is the Conservative MP for Arundel & South Downs. He co-founded Reform with Andrew Haldenby.
  • Nick Seddon, Was Reform's deputy director until May 2013 when he was appointed Prime Minister David Cameron's health policy adviser. Seddon was head of communications at private hospital firm Circle for 18 months. He left in early 2010. He was replaced at Circle by Christina Lineen, a former aide to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.[6]
  • Rupert Darwall Consultant Director, Rupert Darwall is a freelance strategy consultant. He was previously Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont.

Former Advisers

Former Advisory Council

Funding

Reform describes itself as determinedly independent and states that none of its research is funded by either companies or individuals.

Its corporate partners as of October 2017 include: Association of British Insurers | Adobe | Accenture | Aviva | Babcock | Barclays | BD (medtech company) | BT | British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) | Corporation of London | Clifford Chance | Deloitte | G4S | HP | ICAEW | Ingeus | KBR | KPMG | Optum | PA Consulting | Pfizer | Serco | Sodexo | Opra Steria | Unilink

2016

Organisations listed on Reform's website as providing more than £5,000 in sponsorship to Reform during 2016: Hewlett Packard | Accenture | Baxter Healthcare | Alliance Medical | SimplyHealth | Deloitte | Prospects Services | Home Group | ICAEW | G4S | BT | British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA | Association of British Insurers | Age UK | Becton Dickinson UK | McKinsey & Co | Ingeus | KPMG | Big Society Capital| BBC Accounts Payable | KBR | Interserve | Prudential | Babcock International Group | Cisco | Liberata UK | Aviva | Optum | PA Consulting | Serco | Sopra Steria | Raytheon | London Stock Exchange

Other previous funders include: Legal & General, Scottish Widows, Aviva, Benenden insurance, Gen Re (reinsurer of health products) and US health insurance giant UnitedHealth. The industry’s trade body, the Association of British Insurers is also a donor. [7]

Prudential was Reform’s most generous funder in 2012, handing over £67,500.

2011

In May 2011 Reform listed the following as 'corporate members': Association of British Insurers | Aviva | Balfour Beatty | BP | Benenden Healthcare Society | Bevan Brittan | BG Group | British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association | Cable & Wireless | Capita | Centrica | Clifford Chance | Citigroup | City of London Corporation | Ernst & Young | GlaxoSmithKline | G4S | GE | General Healthcare Group | HP | ICAEW | KPMG | MSD | Novo Nordisk | Optical Confederation | PA Consulting Group | RSA | SAP | Serco | Sodexo | Telereal Trillium.

2004

During 2004 the Reform Research Trust received donations of £327,216 and an expenditure of £201,130.[8]

Health lobbying

Reform supports the 'grassroots' campaign group, Doctors for Reform.

During the 2010 Conservative Party conference, Reform ran a number of health-related events including, ‘NHS: The new health service’, an invite only event sponsored by Baxter UK, an arm of the American private healthcare company; and ‘Healthy Competition’, a panel discussion between the Minister for Public Health, Anne Milton, and the CEO of private healthcare company General Healthcare Group.

Health reform

Reform has long advocated free-market reforms to the NHS. It believes that the government should 'grasp the nettle on how health services are financed,' and that 'the Coalition has missed the real opportunity for NHS reform'. [9]

It has argued that 'Co-payments and user charges', should be part of the NHS and the government should do more 'to encourage the greater role of insurance'.[10]

In March 2014 Reform published a report Solving the NHS care and cash crisis. Its recommendations included that:

People in England should be forced to pay a £10-a-month NHS "membership charge" (to save the service from ruin)
People staying overnight in hospital should pay ‘hotel charges’.

Reform is funded by companies which would benefit greatly from the introduction of changes to the way we pay for healthcare. These have included General Healthcare Group, the UK’s largest private hospital firm, but more significantly a large number of corporations in the private health insurance industry.

Health publications

Lobbying firms

Burson-Marsteller provided public affairs services for the Reform Research Trust in 2012 [14]

Connections

Contact information

Resources

References

  1. ↑ Reform Home Page
  2. ↑ Tim Montgomerie, The growth of Britain's conservative movement, ConservativeHome, 14 March 2009.
  3. ↑ Tom Baldwin, ‘Davis team plan fuels fears over factions’, The Times, 27 October 2001
  4. ↑ George Trefgarne, ‘Let's get radical - and reform our public services’, Daily Telegraph, 11 February 2002
  5. ↑ Reform Research Trust Accounts 1 January - 31 December 2004 (PDF)
  6. ↑ Public Affairs News, [pointer=9&cHash=a4088759d7 Private healthcare firm Circle recruits ex-Lansley aide to head comms ], July 2010
  7. ↑ ref needed
  8. ↑ Reform Research Trust Accounts 1 January - 31 December 2004 (PDF)
  9. ↑ Tamasin Cave, Who is behind Reform's call for NHS charges?, Spinwatch, 31 March 2013
  10. ↑ Reform, Delivering a new health agenda, July 2010
  11. ↑ Reform, Delivering a new health agenda, July 2010
  12. ↑ Reform, Fewer hospitals, more competition, March 2010
  13. ↑ Reform, The future of health, June 2009
  14. ↑ PRCA Public Affairs Register: Agencies – June to August 2012 and September to November 2012
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