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10
Cowper’s Cut 427: Predictions about the future

Cowper’s Cut 427: Predictions about the future

It’s delightful to discover that the widely-attributed quote “I’ve never made predictions about the future, and I never
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May
03
Cowper’s Cut 426: A Streeting named desire

Cowper’s Cut 426: A Streeting named desire

Like nostalgia, the gift of prophecy isn’t what it used to be. Still, it seems clear from opinion polling
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Apr
26
Cowper’s Cut 425: The monkey and the organ-grinder

Cowper’s Cut 425: The monkey and the organ-grinder

7 min read
Apr
19
Cowper’s Cut 424: Health Secretary Wes Streeting to fight the power of Health Secretary Wes Streeting

Cowper’s Cut 424: Health Secretary Wes Streeting to fight the power of Health Secretary Wes Streeting

7 min read
Apr
12
Cowper’s Cut 423: The ‘W1A’ification of the NHS

Cowper’s Cut 423: The ‘W1A’ification of the NHS

10 min read
Apr
05
Cowper’s Cut 422: Let their members vote on a deal? The BMA Resident Doctors Committee would prefer not to

Cowper’s Cut 422: Let their members vote on a deal? The BMA Resident Doctors Committee would prefer not to

10 min read
Mar
29
Cowper’s Cut 421: Make Young Master Wesley Streeting Grate Again!

Cowper’s Cut 421: Make Young Master Wesley Streeting Grate Again!

11 min read
Mar
22
Cowper’s Cut 420: Singing the Higgs Boson Blues with the Department Of Implausible Solutions

Cowper’s Cut 420: Singing the Higgs Boson Blues with the Department Of Implausible Solutions

8 min read
Mar
15
Cowper’s Cut 419: You mean people don’t like having their jobs abolished incompetently and without any real plan?

Cowper’s Cut 419: You mean people don’t like having their jobs abolished incompetently and without any real plan?

It doesn’t seem remarkable that the Health Foundation’s newly-released interviews with integrated care system leaders found a cohort
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Mar
08
Cowper’s Cut 418: Culture wars

Cowper’s Cut 418: Culture wars

The politics and policy of the NHS in England may not actually be dead, but they do seem quite dead-adjacent.
8 min read