The Maynard Doctrine: £200 million National Cancer Drugs Fund - nice price for Big Pharma; nasty for NICE
Professor Alan Maynard reviews the reasoning behind government proposals for
spending another £200 million on new cancer drugs not recommended
The Maynard Doctrine: So what now after the election?
Professor Alan Maynard OBE reviews the post-electoral options available to the
next secretary of state for health
The votes are
The Maynard Doctrine: How to turn a crisis into an opportunity
Professor Alan Maynard OBE emphasises the high value of avoiding business as
usual after the election.
Business as usual involves
The Maynard Doctrine: 'Our Mutual Friend' - another wannabe solution; but to which NHS problem?
Professor Alan Maynard OBE warns that faith in mutuals as commissioners is not
supported by any actual evidence
The rule
The Maynard Doctrine: Time to get real: “protecting” the NHS budget is impossible
Professor Alan Maynard OBE wonders whether the politicians vowing to protect NHS
budgets are deceitful or stupid. He outlines the
The Maynard Doctrine: Faith-based policymaking: dear God, when will it end?
Professor Alan Maynard OBE suggests that reforms to improve and incentivise
commissioning should be based on evidence. What is not
The Maynard Doctrine: the poetic determinants of health
Professor Alan Maynard OBE examines the determinants of lifetime health through
the prism of the ‘Bard of Hull’ Philip Larkin’
The Maynard Doctrine: Professions, guilds and silos
Professor Alan Maynard OBE torches a Spaghetti Junction of bridges with the
professions. The RCN in particular will be very
The Maynard Doctrine: Boomerang health policy: what goes around, comes around
Professor Alan Maynard OBE admires the Buddhist nature of NHS reform. The wheel
turns and civilisations rise; the wheel turns,
The Maynard Doctrine: pre-electoral questions about NHS spending
Professor Alan Maynard OBE casts a critical eye over the information divulged by
the Health Select Committee. Medical unemployment; nurse