Oct
01
Cowper's Cut 290: Industrial action on pay continues
15 min read
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Sep
24
Cowper’s Cut 289: Umpteen strikes and you’re out
14 min read
Sep
17
Cowper’s Cut 288: All the sevens: 7.7 million RTT backlog; a £7 billion deficit - it’s a full house for 10 Downing Street’s Winterval oblong table summit
11 min read
Sep
10
Cowper’s Cut 287: Going to RAAC and ruin with an unexpected outbreak of Candour19
Iron while the strike's hot
New polling by Ipsos found that public support for the ongoing medical staff strikes over
11 min read
Sep
03
Cowper’s Cut 286: The Silly Season is over, as The Stupid Season begins
You know that the 'Silly Season' marking the end of August, and of what has passed for summer, is upon
12 min read
Aug
27
Cowper's Cut 285: Stable doors and bolted horses
Consultants strike; plan further strikes
Intriguingly, this week's consultants strike attracted relatively little media coverage beyond a few poor-quality articles
8 min read
Aug
25
What's in a name? The anonymity of most HSJ comments reveals a closed, fearful NHS management culture
David Oliver is an experienced NHS consultant who has played a variety of local and national medical leadership roles, and
4 min read
Aug
20
Cowper’s Cut 284: Another triumphant 'Health Week'
NEW @IpsosUK Issues Index for August
With wildfires and extreme heat in the news, concern about climate change and the
12 min read
Aug
13
Cowper’s Cut 283: Towards ‘Health Week’, with the intriguing, baffled-looking Banker
As dull people go, the perenially baffled-looking Secretary Of State For Worrying About The Reshuffle Steve 'The Banker' Barclay is
8 min read
Aug
06
Cowper’s Cut 282: A PM who can’t count and an NHS England who can’t lead
14 min read