Darrin Baines

Darrin Baines
Born
Darrin Lloyd Baines[1]

1967 (age 58–59)
United Kingdom
OccupationsHealth economist; academic
Known forHealth economics,[2] NHS productivity, pharmacy practice
Websitedarrinbaines.org

Darrin Lloyd Baines is a British health economist and academic whose work focuses on health economics, health systems, and pharmacy practice.[3][4] His research includes topics such as prescribing policy, pharmaceutical economics, and evaluation of health services.[5][6]

Baines has held professorial appointments in the United Kingdom, including at Coventry University.[7][8]

He has participated in UK–China and UK–Egypt partnerships supported by universities and the British Council, including collaborative programmes involving Cairo University.[9][10][11]

Baines has also worked with David Prior, Baron Prior of Brampton, the former chairman of NHS England.[12][13]

Education

Baines received an MSc in Health Economics from the University of York in 1993 and a PhD in health economics from the University of Nottingham in 1996, where his doctoral research examined drivers of prescribing behaviour in general practice.[14][15]

He later undertook postgraduate study in health care ethics at the University of Birmingham.[16]

Career

Baines has held various professorial appointments in health economics, including as Professor of Health Economics at Coventry University from 2014 to 2017,[17] and as Professor of Health Economics at Bournemouth University from 2017 to 2021.[18][19]

He has also served as a visiting professor at the University of Lincoln.[20] In 2014, he was appointed Professor of Health Economics at Coventry University, following service as Associate Professor in Health Economics at the University of Nottingham.[17][21]

From 2023 to 2024, Baines was Interim Head of Health Economics at Clarivate, where he worked on applications of artificial intelligence and data science in health-technology assessment.[22][23]

His areas of work include economic evaluation, modelling, and the reform of health systems, with a particular interest in technology-enabled pharmacy.[24] He has also worked in consultancy and within the National Health Service (NHS) in economist and advisory roles, including engagement with UK health-policy institutions such as the Office of Health Economics.[25]

International collaborations

Baines has led international knowledge-exchange networks in health economics in both Egypt and China.[26][27] He helped develop a UK–Egypt pharmacoeconomics partnership, supported in part through the British Council.[28][29] He has also been involved in the UK–China Health and Economy Partnership.[30][31][32]

Research

Baines has published various articles on NHS productivity, health service organisation, and related topics.[33][34] He has also written on misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.[35]

In his early research, Baines examined GP fundholding, including analyses of selection bias, and the development and application of prescribing-cost metrics such as ASTRO-PU and ASTRO(97)-PU.[36][37][38]

Baines has contributed to pharmacoeconomic research in the Middle East and North Africa region, including the EQ-5D-5L valuation study in Egypt.[39] He has also published on economic modelling and costing work related to the Namaste Care dementia programme, as well as an evaluation of the East Sussex Wellbeing & Employment Service.[40][41]

Selected publications

  • Baines, Darrin L.; Whynes, David K. (1996). "Selection bias in GP fundholding". Health Economics. 5 (2): 129–140. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199603)5:2<129::AID-HEC190>3.0.CO;2-R. PMID 8733105.
  • Baines, Darrin; Tolley, Keith; Whynes, David (1997). Prescribing, Budgets and Fundholding in General Practice. OHE Series on Health. London: Office of Health Economics.
  • Whynes, David K.; Baines, Darrin L.; Tolley, Keith H. (1996). "Explaining variations in general practice prescribing costs per ASTRO-PU (age, sex, and temporary resident originated prescribing unit)". BMJ. 312 (7029): 488–489. doi:10.1136/bmj.312.7029.488. PMC 2349938. PMID 8597684.
  • Baines, Darrin; Whynes, David (1998). "The use of the ASTRO-PU and the ASTRO(97)-PU in the setting of prescribing budgets in English general practice". Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. 23 (3): 229–234. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2710.1998.00157.x. PMID 9831975.
  • Baines, Darrin (2008). "Has pharmacy run out of time?". Pharmaceutical Journal. 281 (7509): 21–23.
  • Baines, Darrin L.; Bates, Imogen; Bader, Lynne; Hale, Charlotte; Schneider, Paul (2018). "Conceptualising production, productivity and technology in pharmacy practice: a framework for policy, education and research". Human Resources for Health. 16 (1): 51. doi:10.1186/s12960-018-0317-5. PMC 6171192. PMID 30285766.
  • Baines, Darrin; Nørgaard, Lotte Stig; Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din; Rossing, Charlotte (2020). "The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Will it change pharmacy practice?". Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 16 (9): 1279–1281. doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.04.003. PMID 31010746.
  • Al Shabasy, Sahar; Abbassi, Maggie; Finch, Aureliano; Roudijk, Bram; Baines, Darrin; Farid, Samar (2022). "The EQ-5D-5L valuation study in Egypt". PharmacoEconomics. 40 (4): 433–447. doi:10.1007/s40273-021-01100-y. PMC 8595057. PMID 34786590.

Personal life

Baines resided in Leominster, Herefordshire, where he assembled the largest private collection of antique apothecary and pharmacy artefacts in the United Kingdom.[42][43]

In 2025, his complete Victorian pharmacist's shop collection was consigned to auction.[44][45]

References

  1. ↑ "Darrin Lloyd Baines". IDEAS/RePEc. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "'If you fight technology, you will lose' — pharmacists debate ditching dispensing". 11 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Darrin Baines". The Conversation. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Darrin Baines, PhD". ISPOR. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Darrin Baines – Publications". IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Baines, D.; Gahir, I. K.; Hussain, A.; Khan, A. J.; Schneider, P.; Hasan, S. S.; Babar, Z. U. (2018). "Community pharmacy and public health". Frontiers in Pharmacology. 9: 678. doi:10.3389/fphar.2018.00678. PMC 6070776. PMID 30093859.
  7. ↑ "Coventry health professor in swap with top NHS minister". Coventry University. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Coventry University professor takes seat in Westminster". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "UK–China partnership aims to generate new expertise and techniques in health economics". Bournemouth University. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "UK–Egyptian partnership provides long-term impact for pharmacists". Bournemouth University. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "Health Economy Partnership". British Council. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "Coventry health professor in swap with top NHS minister". Coventry University. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  13. ↑ Royal Society Pairing Scheme (PDF) (Report). Royal Society. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  14. ↑ "Darrin Baines — Author page". The Pharmaceutical Journal. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  15. ↑ "Darrin Baines". IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  16. ↑ "Health Economics Unit Newsletter – 21st Anniversary" (PDF). University of Birmingham. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  17. 1 2 "Coventry health professor in swap with top NHS minister". Coventry University. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  18. ↑ "UK–China partnership aims to generate new expertise and techniques in health economics". Bournemouth University. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  19. ↑ "UK–China partnership event promotes new expertise and techniques in health economics". Bournemouth University. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  20. ↑ "Darrin Baines, PhD". ISPOR. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  21. ↑ "Coventry University professor takes seat in Westminster". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  22. ↑ "Let's get real about data and AI". Clarivate. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  23. ↑ "Unlocking the potential of AI and machine learning for the life sciences". Clarivate. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  24. ↑ "Darrin Baines". The Conversation. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  25. ↑ "Darrin Baines". Office of Health Economics. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  26. ↑ "UK–Egyptian partnership provides long-term impact for pharmacists". Bournemouth University. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  27. ↑ "UK–China partnership aims to generate new expertise and techniques in health economics". Bournemouth University. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  28. ↑ "Health Economy Partnership (signing)". British Council. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  29. ↑ "UK–Egyptian partnership provides long-term impact for pharmacists". Bournemouth University. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  30. ↑ "The UK–China Health and Economy Partnership" (PDF). Bournemouth University. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  31. ↑ "UK and Chinese experts work for the health benefits of patients". University of Leeds. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  32. ↑ "UK–China Health and Economy Partnership project (UK-CHEP)". University of Leeds. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  33. ↑ "Darrin Lloyd Baines". IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  34. ↑ Baines, D.; Gahir, I. K.; Hussain, A.; Khan, A. J.; Schneider, P.; Hasan, S. S.; Babar, Z. U. (2018). "Community pharmacy and public health". Frontiers in Pharmacology. 9: 678. doi:10.3389/fphar.2018.00678. PMC 6070776. PMID 30093859.
  35. ↑ "Infodemic now: How do we know when the news is fake?". LSE COVID-19 Blog. London School of Economics and Political Science. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  36. ↑ Baines, D. L.; Whynes, D. K. (1996). "Selection bias in GP fundholding". Health Economics. 5 (2): 129–140. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199603)5:2<129::AID-HEC190>3.0.CO;2-R. PMID 8733105.
  37. ↑ Warden, John (26 March 1988). "Explaining variations in general practice prescribing costs per ASTRO-PU (age, sex, and temporary resident originated prescribing unit)". BMJ. 296 (6626): 943. doi:10.1136/bmj.296.6626.943. PMC 2546347. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  38. ↑ "Prescribing budgets and fundholding in general practice". Office of Health Economics. 10 January 1997. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  39. ↑ Al Shabasy, Sahar; Abbassi, Maggie; Finch, Aureliano; Roudijk, Bram; Baines, Darrin; Farid, Samar (2022). "The EQ-5D-5L Valuation Study in Egypt". PharmacoEconomics. 40 (4): 433–447. doi:10.1007/s40273-021-01100-y. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  40. ↑ Bray, J.; Brooker, D.; Latham, I.; Wray, F.; Baines, D. (2020). "Costing resource use of the Namaste Care Intervention UK". International Psychogeriatrics. 32 (12): 1429–1438. doi:10.1017/S1041610218002314. PMID 30786947.
  41. ↑ "East Sussex Wellbeing and Employment Service (ESWE)". PHIRST (NIHR). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  42. ↑ "Huge collection of pharmacy artefacts goes up for auction". BBC News. 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  43. ↑ "Victorian pharmacy collection to be auctioned". BBC News. 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  44. ↑ "Huge collection of pharmacy artefacts up for auction". Chemist & Druggist. 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  45. ↑ "Antique apothecary collection goes up for auction". Pharmacy Magazine. 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
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