School of Social and Political Science

Background

Mark Hellowell is Programme Director of the BMedSci Global Health Policy. He is also Course Organiser for the on-campus and online courses in Health Systems Analysis (at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels). He holds a PhD in Global Health, an MSc in Economic Policy, an MSc in Public Policy, and a PGCert in Teaching.

His publications include the following:

• Habicht, J, Hellowell, M, Kutzin, J. (2024), Sustaining progress towards universal health coverage amidst a full-scale war: learning from Ukraine. Health Policy and Planning, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae041
• Hellowell, M, Fishchuk, K, Kasyanchuk, S. (2024), Voices from the front line: perspectives on health system response and recovery in the war-affected areas of Ukraine. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/ukraine/publications/m/item/voices-from-the-front-line-perspectives-on-health-system-response-and-recovery-in-the-war-affected-areas-of-ukraine
• Ahmedov, M., Hellowell, M. (2024). A National Health System Strategy for Uzbekistan: Transforming the performance of the health system of Uzbekistan by 2030. Washington DC: The World Bank Group.
• Kasekamp, K, Habicht, T, Demeshko, O, Hawkins, L, Hellowell, M (‎2023)‎, Primary health care financing in Ukraine: a situation analysis and policy considerations. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/WHO-EURO-2023-8138-47906-70792#
• Hellowell, M, and Fishchuk, K (2023), Case studies of health system recovery in Ukraine: focus on the role of the private sector. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/WHO-EURO-2023-7706-47473-69781
• Hellowell, M (2023), Private provision of health services in Ukraine: Current challenges, future directions. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/WHO-EURO-2023-7625-47392-69619
• Hellowell, M. (‎2023)‎, Public–private partnerships for health care infrastructure and services: policy considerations for middle-income countries in Europe. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/365603
• Hellowell, M. (2022), Public-private partnerships for health care infrastructure and services: considerations for policy makers in Ukraine. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/WHO-EURO-2022-5713-45478-65097
• Smith, K, and Hellowell, M. (2023), Managing the Politics of Earmarked Health Taxes. In Lauer, J, Sassi, F, Soucat, A, Vigo, A. 2023. Health Taxes: a Policy and Practice Guide. Geneva: World Health Organization. https://doi.org/10.1142/q0365
• Singh A, Smith K, Hellowell M, et a.l (2023), An exploration of stakeholder views and perceptions on taxing tobacco, alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages in Ghana, BMJ Global Health ;8:e012054. https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/Suppl_8/e012054
• Hellowell M, Nayna Schwerdtle, (2022), Powerful ideas? Decolonisation and the future of global health, BMJ Global Health 2022;7:e006924. https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/1/e006924
• Hellowell, M. 2019. Are public-private partnerships the future of healthcare delivery in sub-Saharan Africa? Lessons from Lesotho. BMJ Global Health, doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2018-001217
• Hellowell, M, Stapleton, P and Stafford, A. 2019. Austerity and hospitals in deficit: Is PPP termination the answer. Abacus. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/abac.12163
• Wenham, C, Katz, R, Buringi, C, Hellowell, M, Boden, L, Eccleston-Turner, M, and Gostin, L et al. 2018, Global health security and universal health coverage: from a marriage of convenience to a strategic, effective partnership, BMJ Global Health
• Hellowell, M 2018. Delivering healthcare infrastructure and services through public private partnerships – the Lesotho case, Achieving Collective Ends with Limited Resources: Africa's Struggle to Bridge the Infrastructure Gap. Gil, N. A. P., Stafford, A. & Musonda, I. (eds.). Cambridge University Press
• Hellowell, M, Appleby, J and Taylor, M. 2018. What models of funding are best for a healthy and just society?', BMJ 2018;361:k2566
• Vecchi, V, Hellowell, M (2018), Public-Private Partnerships in Health: Improving Infrastructure and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69563-1
• Wright, A, Smith, K.E. and Hellowell, M. 2017. 'Policy lessons from health taxes: a systematic review of empirical studies', BMC Public Health, https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-017-4497-z
• Hellowell, M., Smith, K.E. and Wright, A. 2016. Hard to Avoid but Difficult to Sustain: Scotland’s Innovative Health Tax on Large Retailers Selling Tobacco and Alcohol, The Milbank Quarterly. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0009.12200/full
• Biro, A. and Hellowell, M. 2016. Public-private sector interactions and the demand for supplementary health insurance in the United Kingdom, Health Policy, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.05.002
• Boardman, A and Hellowell, M. 2016. A Comparative Analysis and Evaluation of Specialist PPP Units’ Methodologies for Conducting Value for Money Appraisals’, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2016.1190083
• Hellowell, M. 2016. The price of certainty: Benefits and costs of public–private partnerships for healthcare infrastructure and related services?, Health Services Management Research, DOI: 10.1177/0951484816639742
• Hellowell, M. 2015. Analysis: Borrowing to save: can NHS bodies ease financial pressures by terminating PFI contracts?, BMJ, http://www.bmj.com/bmj/section-pdf/903129/6
• Hellowell, M. and Ralston, M. 2015. The equity implications of health system change in the UK,  in Smith, K., Hill, S. & Bambra, C. (eds.). Health Inequalities: Critical Perspectives. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198703358.003.0011
• Colla, P, Hellowell, M, Vecchi, V and Gatti, S. 2015. Determinants of the cost of capital for privately financed hospital projects in the UK, Health Policy. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.08.018
• Hellowell, M and Vecchi, V. 2015. The Non-Incremental Road to Disaster? Agency Problems in the Commissioning of Infrastructure Projects in the UK and Italy, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2015.1016773
• Hellowell, M, Vecchi, V and Caselli, S. 2015. Return of the state? An appraisal of policies to enhance access to credit for infrastructure-based PPPs, Public Money and Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2015.986896
• Hellowell, M. 2014. The return of PFI – will the NHS pay a higher price for new hospitals? London: The Centre for Health and the Public Interest. Available: http://chpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/CHPI-PFI-Return-Nov14-2.pdf
• Hellowell, M. 2013. PFI Redux?: Assessing a New Model for Financing Hospitals, Health policy, 113(1-2), 77-85, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.09.008
• Vecchi, V, Hellowell, M, Gatti, S. 2013. Does the private sector receive an excessive return from investments in health care infrastructure projects? Evidence from the UK, Health Policy. Vol. 110, issue 2, pp. 243-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.12.010
• Vecchi, V and Hellowell, M. 2013. Leasing by public authorities in Italy: creating economic value from a balance sheet illusion, Public Money & Management, Vol. 33, No.1, pp. 63-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2013.744896
• Vecchi, V and Hellowell, M. 2012. Securing a Better Deal from Investors in Public Infrastructure Projects: Insights from Capital Budgeting, Public Management Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2012.686232
• Hellowell, M and Vecchi, V. 2012. What return for Risk? The Price of Equity Capital in Public-Private Partnerships. In Greve, C and Hodge, G (eds), Rethinking Public-Private Partnerships: Strategies for Turbulent Times, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routlege, ch. 3
• Smith, K and Hellowell, M. 2012. Beyond Rhetorical Differences: A Cohesive Account of Post-devolution Developments in Health Policy, Social Policy and Administration, Vol.46, No.2, p.178-198. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2011.00830.x
• Hellowell, M and Vecchi, V. 2012. An evaluation of the projected returns to investors on 10 PFI projects commissioned by the National Health Service, Financial Accountability and Management, Vol.28, No.1, p.77-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0408.2011.00537.x
• Vecchi, V, Hellowell, M and Longo, F. 2010. Are Italian healthcare organisations paying too much for their public private partnerships?, Public Money and Management. Vol. 30(2), pp. 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540961003665586
• Hellowell, M and Pollock, AM. 2010. Do PPPs in social infrastructure enhance the public interest?, Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 69, No. S1, pp. S23-S34. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.2009.00658.x
• Hellowell, M. 2010. The private finance initiative: policy, performance and prospects. In Hodge, G, Greve, C and Boardman, A, International Handbook on Public-Private-Partnerships. Edward Elgar.
• Hellowell, M and Pollock, AM. 2009. The private financing of NHS hospitals: politics, policy and practice, Economic Affairs. Vol.29. No.1, pp.13-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0270.2009.01861.x
• Hellowell, M and Pollock, AM. 2009. Non-profit distribution: the Scottish approach to private finance in public services, Social Policy and Society. Vol 8 (3), pp. 405-418. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746409004928
• Hellowell, M and Pollock AM. 2007. The PFI: Scotland's Plan for Expansion and its Implications, Public Money and Management. Vol. 27 (5), pp. 351-255. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00607.x