The Maynard Doctrine

Jan
19

The Maynard Doctrine: Management needs measurement: time for the NHS to do better

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard says that NHS activity and performance measurement need to improve significantly. The NHS has three
6 min read
Nov
17

The Maynard Doctrine: Some friendly advice from Dave to Jeremy

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard imagines the contents of a memo from the Prime Minister to Jeremy Hunt Dear Jeremy,
4 min read
Oct
15

The Maynard Doctrine: Come on, Sir Galahad Stevens, lance the nonsense!

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard calls for Simon Stevens' digital extraction on non-evidence-based policy initiatives Sir Galahad (aka Simon
3 min read
Sep
03

The Maynard Doctrine: On Nero, and fiddling whilst the NHS burns

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard explores how workforce issues, funding and social care gaps amount to an NHS conflagration On
4 min read
Aug
04

The Maynard Doctrine: On Canute, mushroom management and digging holes

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard on tide-turning, mustroom management and hole-hollowing The post-election logic of the Government NHS policy is
5 min read
May
27

The Maynard Doctrine:: Time for scepticaemia

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard suggests that it’s time for a little definition of what we actually mean by
4 min read
May
06

The Maynard Doctrine 6 May 2015: Pre-electoral reflections - is the NHS going to hell in a handcart?

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard wonders what the bloody hell’s going on with electioneering health policy, and is mildly
5 min read
Feb
23

The Maynard Doctrine: Productivity, produce or production? The £22 billion challenge

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard casts doubt on the £22 billion efficiency challenge Sir Galahad Stevens’ Five-Year Forward View [http:
4 min read
Jan
05

The Maynard Doctrine: Memo for Simon ‘Sir Galahad’ Stevens: a message from Merlin

Dear Sir Galahad, Your noble intentions in pursuing the Holy Grail of increased productivity in the NHS have been noted.
4 min read
Dec
10

The Maynard Doctrine: whither foundation trusts?

by Alan Maynard, professor of health economics, University of York Ninety-nine NHS organisations now have Foundation Trust (FT) status. Most
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