Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
May
26

Editor’s blog Wednesday 26 May 2010: Change at the top for the Confed

Good evening. Bit manic today. Tomorrow, we will discuss how much pro-market people dislike actual capitalism. For today, you may
1 min read
May
26

The Maynard Doctrine: £200 million National Cancer Drugs Fund - nice price for Big Pharma; nasty for NICE

Professor Alan Maynard reviews the reasoning behind government proposals for spending another £200 million on new cancer drugs not recommended
3 min read
May
25

Editor’s blog Tueday 25 May 2010: Queen's speech - health bill section

Number 10 has now put up its notes on the Health Bill [http://www.number10.gov.uk/queens-speech/2010/05/
1 min read
May
25

Editor’s blog Tuesday 25 May 2010: Life imitates art with ministerial hair-shirtism

Karl Marx argued that history repeats itself [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/History]: the "the first time as tragedy,
May
24

Editor’s blog Monday 24 May 2010: HSJ says Lansley to abolish SHAs

In a spectacular exclusive [http://www.hsj.co.uk/5015096.article] with major policy implications, HSJ states that Health Secretary
1 min read
May
24

Editor’s blog Monday 24 May 2010: Lansley's reconfiguration inspirations - Pollyanna, Pangloss and Micawber

Further to this recent post pointing out that only one of Secretary Of State For Health The Rt Hon Andrew
2 min read
May
24

Editor’s blog Friday 21 May 2010: Lansley's four tests for NHS service changes - only one is empirically measurable

Writing in today's Daily Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7747870/The-NHS-must-put-patients-first.html] , Health Secretary Andrew Lansley
2 min read
May
23

Editor’s blog Sunday 23 May 2010: DH outlines new ministers' bits

The DH has outlined the new ministers' bits [http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/MediaCentre/Pressreleases/DH_116244]. This
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May
21

Editor's blog Friday 21 May 2010: Cancer drugs, ASDA, faith and markets

This press release from Wal-Mart subsidiary Asda [http://your.asda.com/2010/5/20/asda-announces-not-for-profit-price-on-all-cancer-treatment-drugs] catches the eye, for several
2 min read
May
20

Editor’s blog Thursday 20 May 2010: Liberal-Conservative coalition's detailed programme for government published

You can download the PDF here [http://programmeforgovernment.hmg.gov.uk/files/2010/05/coalition-programme.pdf] . Just the links, for