Press coverage

Eleonora Harwich, Director of Research and Head of Digital and Tech Innovation, was interviewed by Moonshot for Life about healthcare data and Reform's recent report, Making NHS Data work for everyone. 

"In order to make the most of healthcare technologies, you need to have that uncomfortable conversation around data exchange"

Read the full interview here. 

Commenting on the Royal College of Radiologists report published today, Claudia Martinez, Reform Research Manager, said:

“As well as boosting the number of oncologists, the NHS can up its efforts to stop people getting cancer in the first place. Better collection and use of data will help pinpoint those most at risk of the disease for treatment.” 

The think tank has previously found that NHS leaders should collect much more data on cancer patients including survival, treatment, patient experience and medical history.

Reform has previously called for Public Health England’s cancer dashboard to be extended to include new categories of data, such as treatment, medical history and quality of life.

With better analysis, Reform predicts improvements in the prevention of cancer, earlier diagnosis and effectiveness of treatment.

For example, almost 40 per cent of all cancer cases in England are caused by preventable factors such as obesity and smoking. GPs can use insight from the cancer dashboard on lifestyle and genetics to help those at risk make healthier lifestyle choices.

On 28 February 2019, Reform published a report, Proceed with caution: what makes personal budgets work?

The report has received coverage in FE News and Mental Health Today. 

Luke Heselwood, Senior Researcher at Reform, wrote an article for HE at Research Professional about how the UK could learn from Michelle Obama's Better Make Room campaign to improve access to university for disadvantaged students. 

Read the full article here. 

Commenting on the BMA report, Andrew Haldenby, Director of the independent public services think tank, Reform, said:

“Improving GP surgeries needn’t be too expensive for the taxpayer. Many GPs can make better use of their space, and others can borrow capital funds from the private sector.”

Research by Reform has found that the NHS should identify industry partners/private funding, as well as government borrowing and land sales, to build modern GP surgeries at value for money to the taxpayer.

The think tank has also called for a greater use of technology so that fewer patients need face-to-face consultations, enabling GPs to spend more time with the most serious patients.

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For more information or to arrange an interview with a Reform spokesperson please contact William Mills, Reform Events and Communications Coordinator, at 020 3327 1189 or 07596 949837 or william.mills@reform.uk

Notes to editors

1. Reform is an independent, non-party, charitable think tank whose mission is to set out ideas that will improve public services for all and deliver value for money.
2. In 2018 Reform published ‘A design diagnosis: Reinvigorating the primary care estate’.
3. The report can be found here: https://reform.uk/research/design-diagnosis-reinvigorating-primary-care-estate 

Welcoming the Lord Chancellor’s speech today, Andrew Haldenby, Director of the independent public services think tank Reform, said:

“The barrier to the greater use of community sentences is, as much as anything, problems in the probation service.  For this reason, the review of probation that he promised today is of great importance.”

In the Department of Health and Social Care's publication, Code of Conduct for data-driven health and care technology, Reform's report, Making NHS data work for everyone, was cited. 

Andrew Haldenby, Director of Reform, wrote an article in Conservative Home on why maintaining standards in education is so important.

Read the full article here.