Jun 15 Cowper’s Cut 380: Will Taylorism do? We can too easily forget people’s contributions to the English NHS and health system. One of the first people Jun 15, 2025 11 min read
Jun 08 Cowper’s Cut 379: In office, but not in power as the NHS drinks on in The World’s Biggest Last Chance Saloon English health policy and politics of the Conservative governments 2010-24 is best understood in its three distinct eras: 1. The Jun 8, 2025 9 min read
May 25 Cowper’s Cut 377: Narrative drift and fortune cookies Almost everything I write these columns on the presumed basis that we, as a society, want effective public policy to May 25, 2025 7 min read
May 18 Cowper’s Cut 376: Living in “really retail” times with The 3:7 Forward View It seems that the NHS in England will not undergo ‘Kibasification’, after all. Ministers push to improve draft 10-year plan May 18, 2025 7 min read
May 11 Cowper’s Cut 375: Wake the dead First came Health But Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting’s official announcement on taking office last year that “the NHS May 11, 2025 8 min read
May 04 Cowper’s Cut 374: Un-amazing us with Wes’ whim of the week “Etonne-moi!” was the famous phrase used by the Russian ballet innovator Serge Diaghilev. It means “amaze me”, and the past May 4, 2025 5 min read
Apr 13 Cowper’s Cut 371: Train in vain NHS boss Sir Jim snoozes in first-class after vowing to ‘pick up pace’Snoozing in first class in the middle Apr 13, 2025 7 min read