Jul 03 Cowper’s Cut 383: The specious hallucination of the NHS Ten-Year Plan If as a government, you wanted to substantially lower expectations for your NHS Ten-Year Plan, then you might arrange for Jul 3, 2025 6 min read
Jun 22 Cowper’s Cut 381: The Ten-Year Plan and Mrs Doyle’s ‘cup of tea’ paradox Jun 22, 2025 4 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 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