Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Dec
11

Editor’s blog Friday 11th December 2009: New DH policy document – inspired by Jim Collins or Juan Collins?

Time for a medicines use review, clearly: they’re having visions again in the DH. The first chapter of new
3 min read
Nov
30

The Maynard Doctrine - Conservative health policies: signs of confusion?

Professor Alan Maynard OBE reviews the consistency and coherence of recent pronouncements on Conservative health policy. In a recent speech,
5 min read
Nov
27

Editor’s blog Friday 27th November 2009: Back from Rio.

I'm Bach [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach]. No, hang, on, that's not right
1 min read
Nov
23

The Maynard Doctrine: The faithful following the foolish - blundering on into parsimony

Professor Alan Maynard OBE dissects the NHS and politicians’ approach to financially straitened times ahead. The NHS is about to
3 min read
Nov
04

Editor’s blog Tuesday 3rd November 2009: Cameron's update on Conservative health policy

I've just been reading David Cameron’s latest health speech [”http://www.conservatives.com/News/Speeches/2009/11/
4 min read
Nov
03

Editor's blog Monday 20 July 2009: Rewriting history

Good morning from abroad. There is likely to be less frequent posting this week because I am on holiday, but
2 min read
Nov
03

Editor's blog Tuesday 21 July 2009: The confidence interval over NHS future funding and longevity

Good morning. New figures on the government's lower tax revenues [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/
4 min read
Nov
03

Editor's blog Tuesday 28 July 2009: 'Black skies thinking', Casanova Cameron and some other bits and bobs

Good evening. I hope this finds you well and swine flu-free. Swine flu. SWine flu. SWINE flu SWINE FLU SWINE
2 min read
Nov
03

Editor's blog Friday 31 July 2009: The DH 10 workstreams for the worst-case financial scenario

The DH has outlined ten 'workstreams' for addressing the worst-case scenario for the economy. At one level, this
2 min read
Nov
03

Guest editorial Tuesday 10 August 2009: Blinding stupidity over Lucentis and Avastin in recessionary times

Professor Alan Maynard OBE, HPI's esteemed columnist, reflects on the blinding stupidity of currently prevalent NHS treatment of
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