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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

13 min read
Mar
24
Cowper’s Cut 315: Hanlon’s Razor cuts and burns

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

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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

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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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Feb
25
Cowper’s Cut 311: Going ten rounds

Cowper’s Cut 311: Going ten rounds

I first met James Cleverly in the late 2000s, when I was editing a short-lived publication called Health Director for
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Feb
18
Cowper’s Cut 310: On the Government’s huge efforts to avert the upcoming junior doctors’ strike

Cowper’s Cut 310: On the Government’s huge efforts to avert the upcoming junior doctors’ strike

Simple stats since 2015 England general practice SOS 💥Over 1000 practices gone 💥Over 2000 GPs gone 💥Over 6,000,000
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Feb
11
Cowper’s Cut 309: The evolution of Tory health policy, from fantasy to shrugging

Cowper’s Cut 309: The evolution of Tory health policy, from fantasy to shrugging

“When asked about the important issues facing the UK today, the most commonly reported issues were the cost of living
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