Nurses for Reform (NFR) is a growing pan-European
network of nurses dedicated to consumer-oriented
reform of European healthcare systems.
Headquartered in London, NFR is directed by Helen
Evans. A senior nurse with nearly twenty years
experience in the National Health Service her
career has seen her work in some of Britain’s
leading hospitals including Senior Infection Control
Nurse, Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust;
Infection Control Nurse, the Royal London Hospitals
NHS Trust; Operating Theatre Sister, St. Bartholomew’s
Hospital.
Helen trained at Whipps Cross Hospital in London’s
East End and holds a degree in Health Management
from Anglia Ruskin University. A Ph.D student
in the final stages of her thesis in Health Economics
at Brunel University she has also been a guest
lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University.
In addition to running NFR he is a health policy
consultant who has worked with a range of British
and European think tanks including the Stockholm
Network and the Centre for the New Europe. She
is also a director and Senior Health Policy Consultant
with Farsight Strategic Political Intelligence
Ltd (Farsight SPI) – Britain’s leading
predictive public affairs consultancy in health
policy.
Published by the Centre for the New Europe, the
Institute of Economic Affairs, and the Libertarian
Alliance she today lives in London with her husband
Tim, daughter Petica and their three cats –
Basil, Freddie and Douglas.
