Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Jul
19

Editor’s blog Monday 19 July 2010: Matthew Swindells leaving Tribal for Cerner

Professor Matthew Swindells is leaving his current job as group MD of health for management consultancy Tribal to work for
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Jul
19

Guest editorial Sunday 18 July 2010: Socialist reflections on the White Paper

Reflections on ‘Equity And Excellence’ Irwin Brown,  Socialist Health Association,  July 2010 The ‘Equity And Excellence’ White Paper is actually
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Jul
18

Editor’s blog Sunday 18 July 2010: Trouble down South London, or Mid-Staffs - slight return

The Independenthas the story [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/watchdog-called-in-over-safety-fears-at-ailing-nhs-trust-2029422.html] . We covered Ramon Niekrash's
Jul
17

Editor’s blog Saturday 17 July 2010: A selection of responses to the White Paper

Morning. Below are a few responses to the White Paper from around and about: Professor Julian Le Grand [http://blogs.
Jul
16

Editor’s blog Friday 16 July 2010: Learning from failure

Wiser heads than mine have often pointed out that failure is more educational than success, provided you can pinpoint the
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Jul
16

The Maynard Doctrine: As the dust settles on the boomerang of reform …

As the dust settles from the White Paper where are we? Apart from the mere issues of detail to be
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Jul
16

Editor’s blog Friday 16 July 2010: Competing for business - part one

Who is going to be competing with whom in the new NHS? 1. The new management GP commissioning consortia are
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Jul
15

Editor’s blog Thursday 15 July 2010: Solid foundations; bad architect’s plans. Good builders needed.

You may have noticed that the White Paper has not gone down too well here [”http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=
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Jul
15

Editor’s blog Thursday 15 July 2010: Guardian outs missing piece of the data jigsaw

Again, well done to The Guardian's Datablog team for bringing attention to the work [http://www.guardian.co.
Jul
15

Editor’s blog Thursday 15 July 2010: The NHS White Paper reviewed in 18 words

The problem is that by playing organisational Jenga [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenga], you end up playing relationship Jenga.