Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Feb
10

Editor's blog Thursday 10 February 2011: Worst-kept secret in the NHS no longer secret - FTN splits from Confed

Health Service Journalbreaks the news that the worst-kept secret in the NHS has come to pass: the Foundation Trust Network
2 min read
Feb
09

Editor's blog Wednesday 9 February 2011: Commons committee transcripts

Your can find the Health And Social Care Bill committee transcripts of yesterday's morning [http://www.publications.parliament.
Feb
08

Editor's blog Tuesday 8 February 2011: SOS Lansley defends his reforms; we analyse his points

Goodness me. SOS Lansley is defending his reforms in The Guardian [http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2011/feb/
4 min read
Feb
08

Editor's blog Tuesday 8 February 2011: BMJ readers' poll offers cold comfort on confidence in reform

Online opinion polls are often, let's be frank, pretty bogus. Tiny samples and deliberately contentious issues. One has
1 min read
Feb
08

Guest editorial Sunday 23 January 2011: A closer eye on HealthWatch

Today's guest editorial comes from the author of the excellent Arbitary Constant [http://www.arbitraryconstant.co.uk] blog,
3 min read
Feb
08

Editor's blog Tuesday 8 February 2011: Reducing hypertension by correcting SOS Lansley

Health Policy Insight is not produced by people who are clinically expert, to put it mildly. However, when a reader
2 min read
Feb
08

Editor's blog Tuesday 8 February 2011: Sir David Nicholson evidence to Bill committee - rough transcript

David Nicholson - Uncorrected rough transcript, Health & Social Care Bill committee (whose online feed is here [http://www.parliamentlive.
7 min read
Feb
07

Editor's blog Monday 7 February 2011: EXCLUSIVE - DH revises its PCT clustering guidance without notification

I'm indebted to my friend Dr Phil Hammond [http://www.drphilhammond.com/], and to a correspondent of Phil&
3 min read
Feb
04

Editor's blog Friday 4 February 2011: Health stuff from PMQs

The health questions from this week's Prime Minister's Questions [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/
3 min read
Feb
04

Guest editorial Friday 4 February 2011: The risks of market Stalinism

Irwin Brown of the Socialist Health Association suggests that NHS healthcare commissioning and market Stalinism are inimical bedfellows. The enthusiasm
3 min read