Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
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
3 min read
Oct
27

Editor's blog Tuesday 26 October 2010: Lansley announces £200 million cancer drugs fund to undermine NICE

And in the end, the runes in the CSR about "up to £200 million" were smoke. Health Secretary
1 min read
Oct
26

Editor's blog Tuesday 26 October 2010: The confidence interval over Mr Lansley's NHS reforms

Regular readers of Health Policy Insight are clever types, and will have picked up that we believe Health Secretary Andrew
3 min read
Oct
26

The Maynard Doctrine: Regulating GP commissioning consortia - who? And how?

Professor Alan Maynard considers the chaos, confusion and celerity surrounding the development and assurance of GP commissioning consortia. As yet
3 min read
Oct
25

Editor's blog Monday 25 October 2010: Confused positions from Lansley and Nicholson on liberation for consortia

The excellent Dr X has been in contact, to point out an interesting juxtaposition of quotes about how liberated GP
1 min read
Oct
25

Editor's blog Monday 25 October 2010: Machiavelli and Lansley - fear, power and the innovator's dilemma

There is only one essential book about management: The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli. That exiled-from-court Renaissance Mandelson sought to curry
3 min read