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Think tank

Tim Read

Director of Research & Content, LaingBuisson

LaingBuisson is based in Islington North (London) — the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

Press citations

1

Topic

1

Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Last quoted

Aug 2026

Tim Read: key facts

Kind of voice
Think tank
Role
Director of Research & Content
Organisation
LaingBuisson
Organisation based in
Islington North
Quoted on
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Tracked press citations
1
Most recently quoted
27 Aug 2026

Who Tim Read is

Tim Read is Director of Research & Content at LaingBuisson, a leading health, care and education market-intelligence provider headquartered in London. He is responsible for overseeing the production of LaingBuisson's market reports and consultancy engagements across health and social care sectors. Before joining LaingBuisson he was Managing Director of Marwood Group, a health, social care and life sciences consultancy, where he led over 80 M&A and strategic engagements across the UK and Europe. He has over 15 years of health and social care experience spanning the public and private sectors, including working for the CQC to deliver a national thematic report on mental health crisis care and acting as a Visiting Fellow at the Health Experiences Institute, University of Oxford. He is regularly quoted in national media on social care topics and has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Money Box Live and You and Yours.

“Wider concerns over the economy and the impact of the rising cost of everyday living means that people are choosing to rely on the NHS – even if it means a delay in treatment – for more high-cost surgical options. Should self-funders begin to turn away from private healthcare towards NHS services, it will place even more strain on the NHS.”

References for this biography

  1. 1.LaingBuisson Health and Social Care Experts: Tim Read — Role title (Director of Research & Content), prior role as MD of Marwood Group, CQC work, Oxford Visiting Fellowship, and Children's Services report authorship
  2. 2.Tim Read, Director of Research & Content, LaingBuisson – LaingBuisson Events — Role responsibilities (overseeing market reports and consultancy), BBC Radio 4 appearances, regular national media quoting, and nearly 20 years' health and social care experience
  3. 3.Tim Read on BBC Radio 4: The growth of private healthcare – LaingBuisson — BBC Radio 4 Money Box Live appearance and role title
  4. 4.Contact LaingBuisson — Organisational address (Unit 105, Screenworks, 22 Highbury Grove, Islington, London, N5 2EF), consulting phone number and email for Tim Read
  5. 5.LaingBuisson Limited – Companies House — LaingBuisson registered as an active UK private limited company

Notable achievements

  • Appeared on BBC Radio 4's Money Box Live to discuss the growth of private healthcare in the UK, citing LaingBuisson data showing more than 8 million people covered by private medical insurance in 2024. Source ↗
  • Authored LaingBuisson's Children Services UK Market Report and set up a Specialist Care Conference, as well as working for CQC to develop strategic priorities and deliver a national thematic report on mental health crisis care. Source ↗
  • Acted as a Visiting Fellow at the Health Experiences Institute, University of Oxford, exploring how user experience could drive improvements in care quality. Source ↗

Where Tim Read has been quoted

  1. Numbers leaving A&E without treatment triples in six yearstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

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