Tim Read is an independent consultant specialising in health and social care. As a former Manager Director of Marwood Group, a health, social care and life sciences consultancy specialising in policy, regulation and reimbursement for national and international clients, Tim was responsible for the delivery of over 80 M&A and strategic engagements in the UK and Europe. This includes multiple strategic reviews and due diligence across providers offering special education, residential and foster care services.
Tim has over 15 years’ health and social care experience across the public and private sector. This includes publishing annual reports on the health and social care landscape, working for CQC to deliver a national thematic report on mental health crisis care, working in local government to create innovative health inequality strategies, and acting as a Visiting Fellow at the Health Experiences Institute, University of Oxford to explore how user experience could drive improvements in care quality.