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May
05
Cowper’s Cut 321: Not the end of NHS targets, nor of their support chassis

Cowper’s Cut 321: Not the end of NHS targets, nor of their support chassis

Health Service Journal’s editor Alastair McLellan was the man who, back in 2017, thought I could write a weekly
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Apr
28
Cowper’s Cut 320: Poulter(zeit)geist

Cowper’s Cut 320: Poulter(zeit)geist

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Apr
21
Cowper’s Cut 319: The Great British Health Irrelevance-Off widens scope with PM Sunak’s face-off against Bob the whippet, as The Next Big Screw-Up emerges

Cowper’s Cut 319: The Great British Health Irrelevance-Off widens scope with PM Sunak’s face-off against Bob the whippet, as The Next Big Screw-Up emerges

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Apr
14
Cowper’s Cut 318: The Great Atkins-NHSE Stupid-Off accelerates; Wes Streeting, Wicker Man, opines

Cowper’s Cut 318: The Great Atkins-NHSE Stupid-Off accelerates; Wes Streeting, Wicker Man, opines

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Apr
07
Cowper’s Cut 317: The Stylistic Victoria Atkins

Cowper’s Cut 317: The Stylistic Victoria Atkins

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Mar
31
Cowper’s Cut 316: FFS, SOS Atkins

Cowper’s Cut 316: FFS, SOS Atkins

I’m starting to wonder whether our dearly beloved Conservative And Unionist Party Government have saved the best of their
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Mar
24
Cowper’s Cut 315: Hanlon’s Razor cuts and burns

Cowper’s Cut 315: Hanlon’s Razor cuts and burns

Most of you are familiar with (William of) Occam’s Razor: the hypothesis that the simplest explanation for something is
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Mar
17
Cowper’s Cut 314: NHS England’s Bruce Forsyth era

Cowper’s Cut 314: NHS England’s Bruce Forsyth era

The current stupid-off between Victoria Atkins, Health But Social Care Secretary For Nine More Long Months, and NHS England must
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Mar
10
Cowper’s Cut 313: Fitter, happier, more productive

Cowper’s Cut 313: Fitter, happier, more productive

(Chart taken from ONS ‘The healthcare workforce across the UK: 2024’.) “The Head of the NHS Amanda Pritchard today says
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Mar
03
Cowper’s Cut 312: History repeating

Cowper’s Cut 312: History repeating

When @IpsosUK ask people what the most important issue facing the country is the NHS is now number one. Budget
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