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Reform was delighted to hold a landmark speech by the Rt Hon David Lidington MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on 'Delivering safer and more secure prisons: the roots to rehabilitation'. The event was held in London on the 18th December 2017.

Dr Indra Joshi, Digital Health and AI Clinical Lead, NHS England, talks about cresting more intelligent customers across the health system.

Reform Director Andrew Haldenby on the latest news at Reform, including the upcoming events and research programme.

On Thursday 30 March, Reform held its 2017 criminal justice conference, ‘Where next for criminal justice reform?’. The conference explored how criminal justice services can work better together, how prisoner rehabilitation can be improved, and the role of digital in enabling both.

Panel one: Connected justice: a single system?

* Katy Bourne, Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner and Chair, Sussex Criminal Justice Board
* Paul Whittaker CBE, Common Platform Transformation Director, Crown Prosecution Service
* Bryan Clark, Director of Digital and Change, National Offender Management Service
* Jason Hall, Vice President Central Government and Police, BT

The first panel, held in partnership with BT, addressed opportunities for better integrating police, CPS, courts and prison systems, and the delivery challenges in doing so. Katy Bourne shared experiences from Sussex police force, who have been looking at ways of scaling up digital tools, such as the use of video links to provide evidence. Sussex is also a part of four police four areas where all CJ services, for the first time, will be working together. Paul Whittaker highlighted that since implementing online systems, a much greater proportion of the public has accessed information, but also raised the importance of continuing to work on transparency. Responding to a question from the floor, Bryan Clark told the audience that digital literacy challenges can be overcome by using well-designed interfaces, good graphics and encouraging both staff and prisoners to help each other. Jason Hall emphasised the difficulty for tech companies in extracting the right data from legacy IT systems, but also the importance of succeeding in doing so to improve practices. He argued that if we succeed, the UK could become the benchmark and envy of the world.

Charlotte Pickles and Ben Dobson provide an overview of Reform's latest report. This paper is the third in a series on reforming the sickness and disability-related out-of work benefits system.

Andrew Haldenby, Director at Reform, discusses why new ideas are more important than money for the NHS. A snippet from our 'The NHS at 70: Reform ideas for the future' video

Q3. How important is building utilisation? Maisie Borrows, Researcher at Reform, provides a brief overview.

You can read the full report 'A design diagnosis: reinvigorating the primary care estate' here: http://www.reform.uk/wp-content/uploa...