Thomas Cawston

Head of Health, 2014-15

Thomas Cawston is Head of the Health Unit at Policy Exchange. Before joining Policy Exchange he was Research Director at the centre right think tank Reform, where he lead the healthcare programme. He has co-authored reports on competition in the NHS, health funding, disruptive innovation and reforming the NHS workforce. He has visited and studied health providers and systems in North America, Europe and South Asia. He has frequently commented on NHS reform in the print and broadcast media, including on The Daily Politics and Moral Maze. Before joining Reform in 2009, he read a Masters in South Asian History at the University of Oxford and a BA in History and Politics at the University of Exeter.