Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Jul
21

Editor’s blog Wednesday 21 July 2010: Government's confused response to Health Select Committee report on commissioning

The Health Secretary was in his element in front of the Health Select Committee yesterday, no? Detail, detail and more
5 min read
Jul
21

Editor’s blog Wednesday 21 July 2010: Inconvenient truths and rational analyses will out

Good morning. Today sees a plethora of new entries into the august ledger of Things That Are Not Surprising. Mark
1 min read
Jul
21

Editor’s blog Tuesday 20 July 2010: Notes from Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's first Health Select Committee appearance

This is summary, notes, emerging. Uncorrected and then some. There are going to be a lot of typos. UPDATE: It
11 min read
Jul
20

Editor’s blog Tuesday 20 July 2010: The Guardian prove that the Daily Mail has no monopoly on stupid health policy stories

I accept that the effectiveness of swearing is in approximately inverse proportion to its frequency. So I willl just say,
1 min read
Jul
20

Editor’s blog Tuesday 20 July 2010: Dame Jo Williams' CQC chair candidacy announced by Lansley to Health Select Committee

A DH press release [http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/MediaCentre/Pressreleases/DH_117655] reveals that Dame Jo Williams, interim
1 min read
Jul
20

Editor’s blog Tuesday 20 July 2010: Lansley's first Health Select Committee appearance, this morning at 11 am

Good morning. You may already have noticed that we have a fresh dispensation of Maynard Doctrine [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/
1 min read
Jul
19

Editor’s blog Monday 19 July 2010: Competing for business, Part Two

Evening, all. David Brindle of The Guardian's well-spotted report of the latest private medical insurance figures from Laing
2 min read
Jul
19

Editor’s blog Monday 19 July 2010: BMA seeks new route to block private sector in commissioning

That's interesting [http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/laurence-buckmans-email-to-bma-gp-members/5017378.article] , if not very surprising. Health Service
1 min read
Jul
19

The Maynard Doctrine: It’s the incentives, stupid!

Professor Alan Maynard looks at what a future based around outcome measurement and new incentives will mean. The Coalition’s
3 min read
Jul
19

Editor’s blog Monday 19 July 2010: PM David Cameron on what Big Society means for the public sector

Below are two extracted sections from Prime Minister David Cameron's speech in Liverpoool this morning [http://www.number10.
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