Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Nov
05

The Maynard Doctrine: Conservative Radicals with socialist hearts - whatever next?

Professor Alan Maynard fully supports the decision to reduce the tariff premiums paid to childrens’ and other specialist hospitals, but
2 min read
Nov
05

Editor's blog Friday 5 November 2010: EXCLUSIVE - DH cancer czar: national cancer drugs fund not best use of £200 million

The cultural logic is appropriate that in an NHS broadly run along Soviet (if not Stalinist) lines of centralised command-and
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Nov
05

Editor's blog Thursday 4 November 2010: Earl Howe fails to answer the real questions on NICE's future

Thank you to Dave West of Health Service Journal for drawing attention on Twitter to Earl Howe's answers
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Nov
03

Editor's blog Wednesday 3 November 2010: A NICE surprise

The email below, sent by NICE chief executive Sir Andrew Dillon to NICE committee members, reveals clearly that the government&
2 min read
Nov
02

Editor's blog Tuesday 2 November 2010: Interesting times in Parliament

Today was an interesting day in parliament. In the morning, the increasingly promising health select committee took its second evidence
4 min read
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
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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
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