Health Foundation

The Health Foundation, formerly known as the PPP Foundation, is a British charity which carries out research and policy analysis into health care. It also runs improvement programmes to put ideas into practice in the NHS, support and develop leaders and share evidence to encourage wider change.

History

It was founded in 1983 as the PPP Medical Trust with a donation of £350,000 a year from Private Patients Plan Limited.[1] In 1998, the organisation, then named the PPP Healthcare Medical Trust, became fully independent with an endowment of approximately £540 million resulting from the sale of the PPP Healthcare group to Guardian Royal Exchange.[2] It spends around £17 million a year, considerably more than any of the other British health policy charities.

Stephen Thornton was the Chief Executive from 2001 until October 2013 when he retired and was succeeded by Dr Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive of the Nuffield Trust from 2008 to 2013. Prior to this, she was director of policy at The King’s Fund and was the policy advisor to the Chief Executive of the National Health Service between 1998 and 2000. The Chair of Governors is Sir Alan Langlands.

References

  1. ↑ "P-P-Pick up on policy". Health Service Journal. 10 July 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "AXA PPP healthcare". Advo Group. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

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