Nov 08 Cowper’s Cut 456: When is abolishing NHS England not abolishing NHS England? Nov 8, 2026 7 min read
Nov 01 Cowper’s Cut 455: Capital cuts, consultant strikes and honest conversations Nov 1, 2026 6 min read
Oct 25 Cowper’s Cut 454: Bring me sunshine, with ERIC and earnest One of the most important bits of news about the NHS emerged over the past ten days. I chose not Oct 25, 2026 5 min read
Oct 18 Cowper’s Cut 453: Dashing off an incredible, confused analysis of the state of the English NHS Oct 18, 2026 13 min read
Oct 04 Cowper’s Cut 451: The Madame Tussaudsification of national NHS leadership Oct 4, 2026 11 min read
Sep 27 Cowper’s Cut 450: Only post-election social care reform can save us now It grieves me to have to refer to the exercise in journalistic mediocrity, superficiality and populist shitness that is the Sep 27, 2026 9 min read
Sep 21 Cowper’s Cut 449: Leadership schmeadership Former NHS England national data and tech director Ming Tang previously featured in these columns for her obtuse comments suggesting Sep 21, 2026 6 min read
Sep 20 Cowper’s Cut 448: Public inquiry fatigue hits the Thirlwall The Thirlwall Public Inquiry Report into the neonatal deaths currently regarded as murders by nurse Lucy Letby at the Countess Sep 20, 2026 8 min read
Sep 13 Cowper’s Cut 447: Is it all not going terribly well, then? Don’t look now, but people in and around The Mascara Administration might finally be starting to notice that median Sep 13, 2026 8 min read