Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Mar
30

Editor’s blog Wednesday 16 March 2010: CQC blows the bloody doors off; and Reform shuts 32,000 hospital beds

How do? CQC's latest staff survey is out [http://www.cqc.org.uk/usingcareservices/healthcare/nhsstaffsurveys/2009nhsstaffsurvey.cfm]
2 min read
Mar
29

Editor's blog Monday 29 March 2010: Chancellor wannabes and bits and pieces

How do? Good weekend, I hope? So. What did you make of the Ask The Chancellor ting on Channel 4
2 min read
Mar
26

Editor’s blog Friday 25 March 2010: “Mirror, mirror on the wall” time for pro- and anti-market camps

Let’s dance! They System Management honchos at the dear old Department fo Health have finally issued the Principles and
6 min read
Mar
25

Editor’s blog Wednesday 24 March 2010: Hurrah! The NHS and DH are going to make £4.35 billion worth of fictional savings

You could not make this shit up - truly [http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/MediaCentre/Pressreleasesarchive/DH_114554]. The
2 min read
Mar
25

Nick Timmins: Top-ups: the earth moves as the NHS's 60th anniversary approaches

Top-ups: the earth moves as the NHS's 60th anniversary approaches Now topping-up is to be permitted, does the
5 min read
Mar
24

Editor’s blog Wednesday 24 March 2010: Budget, Bundred, productivity down again and commissioning chaos

Morning (as in afternoon). You'll have seen the latest Maynard Doctrine [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/446]
3 min read
Mar
23

The Maynard Doctrine: Boomerang health policy: what goes around, comes around

Professor Alan Maynard OBE admires the Buddhist nature of NHS reform. The wheel turns and civilisations rise; the wheel turns,
3 min read
Mar
23

Editor’s blog Tuesday 23 March 2010: Ex-Audit Commission boss to Monitor; Moyes and Corrigan on NHS reform

Hello. This week may be more than a bit sketchy. You know what I mean, 'Arry? Yes, you do.
2 min read
Mar
22

Editor's blog Friday 5th March 2010: Primary care and emergency departments report

Hello. Today sees the release of a new report from the Primary Care Foundation [http://www.primarycarefoundation.co.uk/page22/
3 min read
Mar
19

Editor’s blog Friday 19 March 2010: The right kind of variation, and a leak on Labour's social care policy

Hello. Just a very quick one today, as time is very tight. The FT reports that shadow chancellor George Osborne
2 min read