Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Jan
20

Editor's blog Thursday 20 January 2011: Other oddness in the Bill: retrospective rewriting staff / property transfer contracts

A reader emails to draw my attention to the following passage in the Bill (under para 275 Transfer schemes: supplemental
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Jan
20

Editor's blog Thursday 20 January 2011: Consortia, body corporate status and the Health and Social Care Bill

Cabinet Office guidance on setting up a new public body [http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/Assets/3_setting_upv2_tcm6-2481.
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Jan
20

Editor's blog Thursday 20 January 2011: Nigel Edwards off to pastures varied

Amid all this fuss, it's easy to overlook HSJ's reporting that Nigel Edwards will step down
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Jan
20

Editor's blog Thursday 20 January 2011: Five things you should really know about the Health and Social Care Bill

Five things you should really know about the proposed Health and Social Care Bill [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/
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Jan
19

Editor's blog Wednesday 19 January 2011: Press conference launching Health Bill (rough transcript)

Below is a rough transcript of the Q&A session from the press conference launching the Health and Social
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Jan
19

Editor's blog Wednesday 19 January 2011: Back later

Right off to the pub - no! the DH, for 30-minute read of Bill (ha ha ha) and then press
Jan
19

Editor's blog Wednesday 19 January 2011: Sir David Varney weighs in on risks of the Health Bill reforms

The day is getting livelier already. There is a heavy police presence on Whitehall, including riot police. I'm
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Jan
19

Editor's blog Wednesday 19 January 2011: Audit Commission times its punches - Barking, Havering and Redbridge report released

I suppose if you were about to abolish me, I might unleash a sense of mischief in my timing. The
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Jan
19

Editor's blog Wednesday 19 January 2011: Beginnings, endings and gravity talking

Today it begins. Today the NHS faces a fascinatingly undeveloped, electorally-unpromised and fundamental overhaul. Today we start the legislative move
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Jan
18

Editor’s blog Tuesday 18 January 2011: Damning PFI and commissioning reports out

Politicians can do really good things, we should remember. And one of the glories of a well-functioning Parliamentary select committee
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