Aug 02 Cowper’s Cut 441: On the three broken psychological contracts and the many unresolved tensions affecting the English NHS Aug 2, 2026 23 min read
Jul 29 Cowper’s Cut 440: “And would you like cuttings of long grass with your adult social care reform?” Adult social care’s Bank of England 1997 independence moment, that was not. PM and Mascara Kid Andy Burnham’s Jul 29, 2026 4 min read
Jul 21 Cowper’s Cut 438: Yvette Cooper is the new Secretary Of State For Health But Social Care Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley Labour MP Yvette Cooper has been moved from Home Secretary (one of the Four Great Offices Jul 21, 2026 5 min read
Jul 19 Cowper’s Cut 437: Devolutionary new PM Andy Burnham arrives to a centralising NHS Bill. Will the price be a 2026 Croydon List? Jul 19, 2026 9 min read
Jul 12 Cowper’s Cut 436: When is abolishing NHS England not abolishing NHS England? Jul 12, 2026 11 min read
Jun 28 Cowper’s Cut 434: As the PLP’s Mascoronation of Andy Burnham approaches, a new Ockenden Report drops - but the Penny hasn’t dropped about who actually uses the NHS Jun 28, 2026 7 min read