Mansel aylward biography of christopher paul
Mansel Aylward
British health scientist (–)
Sir Mansel AylwardCB FLSW (November – 29 May ) was 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.
Aylward was Director of the Centre for Psychosocial Research, Occupational and Physician Health at Cardiff University School of Medicine.
He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the Birthday Honours and knighted in the New Year Honours, for services to healthcare.[1][2] He was made a Freeman of the Borough of Merthyr Tydfil in and elected to the fellowship of the Learned Society of Wales in
From to , he was the first Chair of Public Health Wales NHS Trust, responsible for the delivery of public health services at national, local and community levels in Wales.
Mansel aylward biography of christopher Sir Mansel Aylward CB FLSW (November – 29 May ) was 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.He was later the Chair (Emeritus) of the Bevan Commission, a group of international experts which advises the Welsh Minister for Health and Social Services.[3]
Background
Aylward was born in the Ex-servicemen's Club in Merthyr Tydfil in November [4] He died on 29 May , at the age of [5]
Career
From to April , 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.[6] He was on the board of the Benefits Agency Medical Service in the s.
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.[7]
Aylward 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.[8]
Aylward was criticised for giving academic credibility to the biopsychosocial model which was said to be the basis of the Cameron government’s disability benefits crackdown.[9]
Aylward was Chair of the advisory board of HCB Group, a provider of rehabilitation and case management services to insurance companies and the corporate sector.[10]
Aylward was also Chair of Life Sciences Hub Wales from to He remained on the Board of Directors.
Publications
- Managing long-term worklessness in primary care: a focus group study, Cohen D, Marfell N, Webb K, Robling M, Aylward M, Occup Med (Lond), Volume 60, 2 (March ) pp.&#;–
- Models of Sickness and Disability Applied to Common Health Problems, Waddell G et al., Royal Society of Medicine Press ()
- The Power of Belief: psychosocial influences on illness, disability and medicine, Edited by Halligan P W and Aylward M
- Beliefs: Clinical and vocational interventions; tackling psychological and social determinants of illness and disability, Edited by Halligan PW and Aylward M Oxford University Press ()
- The Scientific and Conceptual Basis of Incapacity Benefits, Gordon Waddell and Mansel Aylward, The Stationery Office