Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Mar
05

Editor's blog Friday 5th March 2010: Here come the cuts (allegedly)

What do you reckon [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7379983/Hundreds-of-NHS-wards-to-be-shut-in-secret-plans.html] , then?
Mar
04

Editor’s blog Thursday 4 March 2010: DH intervenes to prevent CCP ruling over propriety of “NHS preferred provider” policy

It’s a good thing David Nicholson really meant it when he told PCTs to “look out to your communities,
3 min read
Mar
04

Editor’s blog Thursday 4 March 2010: SHAs - ten to four, and some thoughts about the NHS untermarket

Ten to four SHAs is the latest rumour, chaps. North, Midlands, South-West and South-East, is what they are apparently discussing.
1 min read
Mar
03

Editor's blog Wednesday 24 February 2010: Mid-Stafford report out today - expect fireworks, resignations and legal action

Today will see the publication of the report into the crisis at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust [http://www.independent.co.
3 min read
Mar
03

Editor's blog Tuesday 2 March 2010: Sum foolish things

Oh for fuck's sake [http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/mar/02/nhs-primary-healthcare-trusts-cuts] . For. Fuck's
Mar
01

Editor's blog Monday 1 March 2010: Civitas report on markets in healthcare

I like Civitas: they’re a pretty intellectually honest think-tank. Not all are. Today, they’ve published The impact of
2 min read
Mar
01

Constructing routines to better support teams – Health Policy Today, 20 January 2009

Tom Smith's Health Policy Today looks at how a form can help organisational function follow a better path.
4 min read
Mar
01

Editor's blog Wednesday 17 February 2010: Sense on stats, Virgin on the ridiculous, and scoring drugs in Guildford

How do? Bit busy (again), so this is mainly redirects. Firstly, go and look at a couple of excellent Kings
3 min read
Feb
26

Editor's blog Friday 26 February 2010: Why regulating managers is a redundant idea

So, the Boy Wonder - Health Secretary Andy Burnhoid - thinks that in response to Mid-Staffordshire, the solution will be
3 min read
Feb
26

Editor's blog Thursday 25 February 2010: On hybrid organisations

I spent last night somewhere heavily armed, discussing hybrids. Not, it wasn’t a high-security biochemical research facility. Nor was
3 min read