Mansel Aylward

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Sir Mansel Aylward CB MD DSc FFOM FCRP FLSW (born November 1942, Merthyr Tydfil) is a Welsh public health physician and academic. He was Chief Medical Officer, Medical Director and Chief Scientist at the U.K. Government Department for Work and Pensions.

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He was Director of the Centre for Psychosocial Research, Occupational and Physician Health at Cardiff University School of Medicine. He was knighted in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to health and healthcare. He was made a Freeman of the Borough of Merthyr Tydfil in 2013 and elected to the fellowship of the Learned Society of Wales in 2016.

He was the first Chair of Public Health Wales NHS Trust from 2009 a 2017, responsible for the delivery of public health services at national, local and community levels in Wales. He is currently the Chair (Emeritus) of the Bevan Commission.

Early life and education

He was born in the Ex-servicemen's Club in Merthyr Tydfil in November 1942. [1]

Career

From 1996 to April 2005, Aylward was Chief Medical Adviser, Medical Director and Chief Scientist of the UK Department for Work and Pensions and Chief Medical Adviser and Head of Profession at the Veteran's Agency, Ministry of Defence. [2] He was on the board of the Benefits Agency Medical Service in the 1990s.

Aylward's wife, Angela, was then involved in setting up a company called Mediprobe, trading under the name Nationwide Medical Examination Advisory Service Ltd, which arranged for the agency's doctors to work for insurance companies. [3]

He was involved in the establishment of the new Work Capability Assessment test. When he left the department he headed the UnumProvident Centre for Psychosocial and Disability Research, at Cardiff University, [4]

Aylward has been criticized for giving academic credibility to the biopsychosocial model which was said to be the basis of the Cameron government’s disability benefits crackdown. [5]

He is Chair of the advisory board of HCB Group, a provider of rehabilitation and case management services to insurance companies and the corporate sector. [6]

Aylward is chair (emeritus) of the Bevan Commission, a group of international experts which advises the Welsh Minister for Health and Social Services. [7]

He was Chair of Life Sciences Hub Wales from 2017-21. He remains on the Board of Directors.

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References

  1. ↑ "Medical pioneer Sir Mansel Aylward given freedom of Merthyr Tydfil". Wales Online. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Professor Sir Mansel Aylward". HCML. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Top doctor in job for wife row". Independent. 29 March 1998. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "New UnumProvident Centre for Psychosocial and Disability Research, Cardiff University". Rehab News. Archived from the original on 21 February 2006. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Getting rich on disability denial". Red Pepper. February 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. ↑ David J. Hunter (13 January 2016). The Health Debate. Policy Press. pp. 204–. ISBN   978-1-4473-2697-7.
  7. ↑ "Welsh NHS to get an extra £50m to deal with ongoing financial pressures". Wales online. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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