Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Nov
02

The Maynard Doctrine: NICE troubles to have

Profesoor Alan Maynard wonders what the changes to NICE’s remit mean for rationing. Just what do the Con-‘em
3 min read
Nov
02

Editor's blog Tuesday 2 November 2010: NICE, pharmafunding, fairness and responsibility

You've probably noticed that we've been keeping an eye on NICE issues: so have others. This
Nov
01

Editor's blog Monday 1 November 2010: Serco were just kidding their suppliers. Of course.

You may have seen that we picked up on the news about public sector outsourcing giant Serco's fascinating
Nov
01

Editor's blog Saturday 30 October 2010: The demise of NICE - hate to say I told you so

Hate to say I told you so … But we did [”http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/622]; and also earlier
2 min read
Nov
01

Editor's blog Monday 1 November 2010: Nights of drawing in

My grandmother was a world-class fatalist. One of her many endearing habits of form was to stare out of the
1 min read
Nov
01

Guest editorial Monday 1 November 2010: A 20-20 vision of a wrap-around health service

Professor Terry Young, Chair of Healthcare Systems of the School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, Brunel University, outlines the
4 min read
Oct
29

Editor's blog Sunday 4 April 2010: Conservatives fire starting gun on electoral auction of NHS promises

Hello, and Happy Easter. It was interesting to read the Telegraph story that David Cameron has discovered The Magical Money
1 min read
Oct
29

Editor's blog Thursday 28 October 2010: A short list for the national commissioning board job - Britnell, Farrar and Selbie

There is a short list in relation to the new NHS independent National Commissioning Board (NCB) - the Coalition Government&
5 min read
Oct
29

Editor's blog Friday 29 October 2010: Who's meeting whom at the PM and Cabinet Office level

Hats well and truly off to the Coalition government for their open publication of more data (and hat-tip to maverick
1 min read
Oct
27

Editor's blog Wednesday 27 October 2010: Earl Howe declares NICE "somewhat redundant"

We thought they would go after NICE [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/526], but I did not think they
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