Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
May
27

Editor’s blog Thursday 27 May 2010: The baker's double-dozen: 26 policy questions for Health Secretary Andrew Lansley

With acknowldgement to HSJ editor Alastair McLellan for the inspiration (i.e. I nicked his concept [http://www.hsj.co.
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May
26

Editor’s blog Wednesday 26 May 2010: Commons health select committee chair to be a Conservative

It's not unduly newsworthy, but interesting to note that the usually reliable Iain Dale's Diary blog
May
26

Editor’s blog Wednesday 26 May 2010: London SHA is falling down

NHS London chair Sir Richard Sykes has resigned over Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's over-ruling of the Healthcare For
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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