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Gavin Freeguard
Associate
Gavin's recent work
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Ministerial directions
Ministerial directions are formal instructions telling departments to proceed with a spending proposal, despite objection from permanent secretaries.
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Six lessons government should learn from the Post Office scandal
The handling of the Post Office scandal has wider lessons for government.
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Doing data justice
The justice sector needs a system-wide data strategy to address current deficiencies.
All work
Ministerial directions
Ministerial directions are formal instructions telling departments to proceed with a spending proposal, despite objection from permanent secretaries.
Six lessons government should learn from the Post Office scandal
The handling of the Post Office scandal has wider lessons for government.
Doing data justice
The justice sector needs a system-wide data strategy to address current deficiencies.
Why government (still) needs to dispose of ‘Take Out the Trash Day’
The habit of issuing a deluge of data and documents as parliament rises for the summer is bad for scrutiny.
Government data sharing during the pandemic
Sharing data across the public sector was critical to the government’s response to Covid, but what were the enabling practices and behaviours?
NHS Covid-19 Data Store and NHS National Data Platform
A summary of a roundtable discussion with public servants and others on the NHS Covid-19 Data Store and NHS National Data Platform.
Data sharing between national, devolved and local government
A summary of a roundtable discussion with public servants on data sharing between national, devolved and local government
General Practice Data for Planning and Research
A summary of a roundtable discussion with public servants and others on General Practice Data for Planning and Research.
Data sharing for counter fraud activities
A summary of a roundtable discussion with public servants and others on data sharing for counter fraud activities.
The Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People Service
A summary of a roundtable discussion with public servants and others involved in setting up the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People Service.