Alan Maynard: A Sceptical Economist and His View of Health Care and Health Policy

Professor Alan Maynard applied both his wit and wisdom to the analysis of health care and health policy for over five decades. As a leading health economist, he made an immense contribution to the analysis and understanding of many of the key issues that are still at the heart of the current debates about the National Health Service. His academic interests were wide ranging, including health systems and reform, performance, workforce, regulation, public health and the pharmaceutical industry. Alan's natural ability to communicate with varied audiences established the relevance of health economics thinking and language to policy and practice, both nationally and internationally.