Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Jul
12

Editor’s blog Tuesday 6 July 2010: EXCLUSIVE – Coalition government’s NHS White Paper due end of July, with five consultations

Health Policy Insight understands that the NHS White Paper will be launched at the end of July. It will be
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Jul
11

Editor’s blog Sunday 11 July 2010: What happens next, Part Two - making commissioning work: the four kinds of GP

I wrote something about the new system a few weeks back, on the subject of power in the NHS [http:
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Jul
11

Guest editorial Saturday 10 July 2010: Evidence suggests short-term effect of NHS redisorganisation are mostly negative

James Gubb, director of the health unit at Civitas [”http://www.civitas.org.uk/] , reviews the recent evidence in their
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Jul
09

Editor’s blog Friday 9 July 2010: My words - salt, pepper, mustard, ketchup ...

Schoolboy error [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/605]: I failed to think about the possibility of a 'media
Jul
09

Editor’s blog Friday 9 July 2010: Telegraphing the changes in the NHS White Paper

I laughed until I stopped [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7880592/Biggest-revolution-in-the-NHS-for-60-years.html] . Then I laughed some more.
5 min read
Jul
08

Editor’s blog Monday 6 July 2009: Mail chauvinism; cats exiting bags; not-smart cards; and Bob Sang’s memorial

You may not yet understand the Mail newspaper’s secret mission. You may have thought of it merely as a
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Jul
08

Editor’s blog Thursday 8 July 2010: Hurrah for Don Berwick (oh yeah, and some bloke called Obama too)

IHI supremo Don Berwick has been Presidentially appointed (read 'given the job by Barack Obama in the teeth of
Jul
08

The Maynard Doctrine: The opposite of evidence – faith-based policymaking

Professor Alan Maynard looks for the evidence justifying proposed new changes. And looks. And looks … “Christianity has not been tried
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Jul
08

Editor’s blog Thursday 8 July 2010: On your Bismarcks ... get set ... go!

"A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the
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Jul
07

Editor’s blog Wednesday 7 July 2010: Tory backbenchers agitate for NHS cuts, and the afterlife of Total Place

Hello. This is going to be a bit brief - my back's in intermittent spasm, making most things
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