Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Jun
06

Editor’s blog Sunday 6 June 2010: GOSH! Consultants tell CE of Great Ormond Street to pack her bags

Never can an acronym have been more appropriate. Consultants at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have given their chief executive
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Jun
04

Editor’s blog Friday 4 June 2010: The Department of Health spent £480,402,000 on consultants in 2009-10

That's a lot of coins [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jun/04/coins-database-government-spending-consultants] . As in Combined
Jun
04

Editor’s blog Friday 4 June 2010: WHO's not declared a conflict of interest, then?

An excellent piece of investigative journalism - a collaboration between the BMJ and the Bureau for Investigative Journalism [http://thebureauinvestigates.
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Jun
03

Editor’s blog Thursday 3 June 2010: Excellent healthcare joke

Stolen from the Popbitch [http://www.popbitch.com/home] email: A man was rushed to hospital when a bizarre sex
Jun
03

Editor’s blog Wednesday 2 June 2010: PM promises to keep community hospitals open

I'm not able to access PMQs directly, but according to a man I would trust without reservation, Michael
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Jun
03

Editor’s blog Thursday 3 June 2010: Non-'cheerleading’ Monitor chair Bundred wants to denationalise FTs

The latest HSJ captions its front cover picture of new Monitor chair Steve Bundred, late of the Audit Commission, with
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Jun
03

Editor’s blog Thursday 3 June 2010: Targets or no targets?

What is the official government policy now on national NHS targets? And are Prime Minister David Cameron and Health Secretary
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Jun
02

Editor’s blog Wednesday 2 June 2010: PM promises to keep community hospitals open

I'm not able to access PMQs directly, but according to a man I would trust without reservation, Michael
Jun
02

Editor’s blog Wednesday 2 June 2010: RCHT to appeal against ET ruling ex-CE John Watkinson's dismissal unfair

What a surprise [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/cornwall/10184799.stm]. Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is appealing
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Jun
02

Editor’s blog Right Of Reply Thursday 13 May 2010: Health Policy Insight blog on Sir Ian Carruthers “inaccurate and offensive"

The Health Policy Insight Editor’s Blog condemning the treatment of Royal Cornwall Hospitals’ former chief executive John Watkinson [http:
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