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Public View Ltd was founded by Thomas Ridgeway. Tom began his career with the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme and has been an operational leader in the NHS since 2009.

Tom launched the Public View service in June 2018.

The Challenge of NHS Public Data Sets

The publication of NHS data sets in the public domain has made it possible to compare outcomes between organisations, encouraging the improvement of NHS services for patients. These data sets have a significant advantages over other metrics in that they are subject to a strict validation process prior to publication, and they have comprehensive supporting methodologies.

However public NHS data sets can be challenging to use. The source data is universally available, but refining it into actionable intelligence is labour intensive and error prone. Incompatible, complex and regularly changing data formats have meant that existing suppliers have not been able to provide the NHS with a tool that really harnesses the power of the public data.