Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
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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Feb
11

Editor's blog Thursday 11th February 2010: On health inequalities and dis-coordinated care

It's a depressing subject, is health inequality. We get worked up about it once a year, or whenever
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Feb
11

Editor's blog Wednesday 10th February 2010: Cameron at TED - wink, wink, Nudge, Nudge

The Guardian have this report of Conservative leader David Cameron's presentation to the TED (Technology - Entertainment -
Feb
10

Editor's blog Wednesday 10th February 2010: The Nayl gun, more NCS fun and flights of fantasy

This interview with Sir Robert Naylor [http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/feb/10/robert-naylor-nhs-cost-cuts] in today's
Feb
09

Editor's blog Tuesday 9th February 2010: Poly, put the kettle on

A good story here from Pulse [http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=35&storycode=4124947&c=
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Feb
09

Editor's blog Thursday 4th February 2010: Get hassling your out-of-hours provider

Here you go [http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_111892] . It looks as if James Meikle
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Feb
09

Editor's blog Tuesday 9th February 2010: Variation of supply and cost – higher quality with fewer resources

The NHS Confederation’s impressive policy salon series launched itself into 2010 with gusto: its January iteration looking at the
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Feb
09

Editor's blog Tuesday 9th February 2010: The politics of promises

So on Sunday Gordon Brown told The Observer what he was going to say in his Kings Fund speech yesterday
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Feb
04

Editor's blog Thursday 4th February 2010: Health spokesfolk Parliament room bookings

The ubiquitous Guido Fawkes [http://order-order.com/] has posted the address of the Parliamentary online listing of what rooms MPs
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