Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Nov
17

Editor's blog Wednesday 17 November: Dorrell decoded

If you haven't already read Sally Gainsbury's HSJ interview with health select committee chair (and ex-Health
2 min read
Nov
17

Editor's blog Wednesday 17 November: Paternalism - not just an NHS thing

The report by Johnathan Brown in today's independent about the Burke and Hare-type exploits of a pathologist associated
1 min read
Nov
17

Editor's blog Tuesday 16 November: When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" was one of the greatest lines by one of
3 min read
Nov
15

Guest editorial Monday 15 November 2010: Changing the culture of caring – a third way?

Irwin Brown of the Socialist Health Association reviews the three cultures of NHS bad practice, and wonders whether the true
4 min read
Nov
12

Editor's blog Thursday 11 November 2010: Oh no. Not again.

The Guardian reports that twin children have been killed by a serious untoward incident - it would appear, by a
Nov
12

Editor's blog Wednesday 10 November 2010: Faster or slower change? Is Lansley ignoring Nicholson?

This is a puzzle. Earlier today, I heard about David Nicholson's National Quality Board letter to Health Secretary
1 min read
Nov
12

Editor's blog Thursday 11 November 2010: Risk reserves and charity commissioning

Goodness gracious [http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/bulletin/60/article/1039890/?DCMP=EMC-CONHealthcareRepublicpreviewsthelatesteditionofGP] . For want of shorter, more anglo-saxon words.
1 min read
Nov
12

Editor's blog Sunday 31 October 2010: Serco's 'trick or treat?' partnering with the private sector

You know the mythology of the inefficient public sector and the efficient private sector? Of course you do. As with
1 min read
Nov
11

Editor's blog Thursday 11 November 2010: Risk reserves and charity commissioning

Goodness gracious [http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/bulletin/60/article/1039890/?DCMP=EMC-CONHealthcareRepublicpreviewsthelatesteditionofGP] . For want of shorter, more anglo-saxon words.
1 min read
Nov
11

Editor's blog Thursday 11 November 2010: Help! The aged!

There is a bitter irony that a day devoted to raising awareness of the sacrifices of previous generations in war,
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