Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
May
19

Editor’s blog Wednesday 19 May 2010: Ex-Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb is deputy to Deputy Prime Minister

Congratulations to Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb MP, who is to be Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser to the
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May
19

Editor’s blog Wednesday 19 May 2010: More FOI information on the KPMG review of the DH

You may remember our recent exclusive about KPMG being commissioned to review the DH and ALBs' back office functions
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May
18

Editor’s blog Tuesday 18 May 2010: NHS Confed / Kings Fund policy salon - evaluating NHS quasi-market health reforms

This latest in the NHS Confederation’s policy salon series, in association with the Kings Fund, is going to be
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May
18

Editor’s blog Thursday 13 May 2010: Why no SHA assurance publications for six SHAs?

I've just recently got interested in the SHA assurance process [http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20100509080731/http://dh.
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May
18

Editor’s blog Tuesday 18 May 2010: Bigging up Society?

Could this afternoon see the first glimmer of health-related policy from the Liberal Conservatives [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/
May
18

Editor’s blog Monday 17 May 2010: Spending cuts make their way along the John Reid Network, and the next two ministers

Health policy ‘lifers’ will remember reports of ex-Health Secretary Dr John Reid’s advice to his cabinet colleague Tessa Jowell
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May
16

Editor’s blog Sunday 16 May 2010: First blow of the pay axe falls at the top

Those of you who have ever swung an axe to split a log will know the Newtonian rule that you
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May
13

Editor’s blog Thursday 13 May 2010: Health Secretary Andrew Lansley on 'Today' on cuts, inflation and closures

Health secretary Andrew Lansley appeared on Radio 4's Today to describe the new Tory-Lib Dem government's
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May
13

Editor’s blog Thursday 13 May 2010: Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's first statement

Health secretary Andrew Lansley's first statement in office has been published on the DH website [http://www.dh.
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May
12

Editor’s blog Wednesday 12 May 2010: Agreement NHS funding increases "should increase in real terms each year" - not "will"

The language always matters. Always watch the words used. Just as we had Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's journey
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