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Anita Charlesworth is a health economist based at the Health Foundation, where she is co-chair of the NHS Productivity Commission.
Anita is non-executive member of West and North London NHS Integrated Care Board. She is council member at both the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). She is a member of the NHS’ Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA), the Health and Social Care Select Committee expert panel and the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) Advisory Panel.
Anita is a member of the Council of the Royal Economic Society and University of Bath, Institute for Policy Research Advisory Board. She is Honorary Professor in the College of Social Sciences at the Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) at the University of Birmingham.
Anita has a background in government and public policy. She had roles as Chief Analyst at DCMS, Director of Public Spending at the Treasury and worked as an Economic Advisor at the Department of Health.
Anita has an MSc in Health Economics from the University of York. She is a Trustee of HDRUK, and chair of the Office of Health Economics. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's 2017 Birthday Honours List for Services to Economics and Health Policy. Anita is a fellow of the Academy of Social Science and Royal Economic Society.