Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
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
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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
Feb
24

Editor's blog Wednesday 24 February 2010: Extracts from the Mid-Stafford report

Extracts from Robert Francis QC’s foreword “The overwhelming number of accounts given by those affected should surely put to
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Feb
23

Editor's blog Tuesday 23 February 2010: Whoops pharma, and Lansley on PFI

Today is not a good news day for the pharmaceutical industry's reputation. Whoops Reckitt Benckiser [http://business.timesonline.
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Feb
22

Editor's blog Monday 22 February 2010: KPMG sees the future through assertions darkly

Hello. Hope your weekend was good. A new contribution to the policy conversation comes from Mark Britnell's new
3 min read
Feb
19

Editor's blog Friday 19 February 2010: Commissioning measures up; UK 'PLC' finances turn down

Do you remember commissioning? (Now there's a question for Sir David Nicholson. Not that he's a
4 min read
Feb
18

Editor's blog Thursday 18 February 2010: A swift rationalisation

'Ullo. No time at all today, so just to point you at this commentary from today's Times
Feb
16

Editor’s blog Tuesday 16 February 2010: Mutual incomprehension, and Barbara Young coughs about her exit

Hello. Hope you had a good weekend. We have newly-minted Maynard Doctrine [”http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/414] for
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Feb
15

The Maynard Doctrine: Saving money to save the NHS

Professor Alan Maynard OBE looks at the upward drivers on healthcare demand, and predicts some patterns of probable NHS behaviour
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