Neal Maskrey

Neal Maskrey (School of Pharmacy) is currently Director of the Medicines Prescribing Centre (MPC), within the National Institute of Clinical Excellence. He has been appointed an Honorary Professor linked to the school's Medicines Management Unit. Professor Maskrey is a GP by background who has spent a significant portion of his career in teaching and evaluating the use of evidence in clinical decision making by health care professionals. His appointment within the School of Pharmacy as an Honorary Chair in Evidence-informed Decision Making reflects an association that originated via Keele's role in the National Prescribing Centre's exploitation arm NPC-plus. NPC is now integrated into NICE which will open up further opportunities for collaboration in developing programmes of teaching and research in this exciting and important field. Professor Maskrey was brought up in Silverdale and attended School in Wolstanton before going on to study medicine at Leeds University. He has a strong affiliation with Keele and the Potteries, and undertook his earlier clinical training at what is now the University Hospital of North Staffordshire.