Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
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
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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
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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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Jul
19

Editor’s blog Monday 19 July 2010: Transparency In Outcomes - the triumph of Darzi and Donabedian

A DNA paternity test carried out by Health Policy Insight reveals that the Coalition government's new outcomes consultation
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Jul
19

Editor’s blog Monday 19 July 2010: First dose of the government's health wikipolicy, Transparency In Outcomes, now online

The DH has now published the first instalment of its experiment with wiki [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki]policymaking,
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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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