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Oct
25
Cowper’s Cut 454: Bring me sunshine, with ERIC and earnest

Cowper’s Cut 454: Bring me sunshine, with ERIC and earnest

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Oct
18
Cowper’s Cut 453: Dashing off an incredible, confused analysis of the state of the English NHS

Cowper’s Cut 453: Dashing off an incredible, confused analysis of the state of the English NHS

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Oct
11
Cowper’s Cut 452: The Prisoner’s Dilemma of NHS finances

Cowper’s Cut 452: The Prisoner’s Dilemma of NHS finances

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Oct
04
Cowper’s Cut 451: The Madame Tussaudsification of national NHS leadership

Cowper’s Cut 451: The Madame Tussaudsification of national NHS leadership

Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s passionately-delivered speech to the Labour Party conference was striking because of its content. As
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Sep
27
Cowper’s Cut 450: Only post-election social care reform can save us now

Cowper’s Cut 450: Only post-election social care reform can save us now

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Sep
21
Cowper’s Cut 449: Leadership schmeadership

Cowper’s Cut 449: Leadership schmeadership

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Sep
20
Cowper’s Cut 448: Public inquiry fatigue hits the Thirlwall

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
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Sep
13
Cowper’s Cut 447: Is it all not going terribly well, then?

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
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Sep
06
Cowper’s Cut 446: Millyexit, or “human kind cannot bear very much reality”

Cowper’s Cut 446: Millyexit, or “human kind cannot bear very much reality”

Let’s start with a rare bit of good news: Alan ‘Milly’ Milburn is on his way out of the
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Aug
30
Cowper’s Cut 445: Building up estates problems

Cowper’s Cut 445: Building up estates problems

An interesting thing happened in English health policy this week, which is by no means a given in August. It
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