Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
May
22

Editor's blog 22 May 2009: A brief digression

The sun has finally set on a good day. I have had a good day, good sleep, a glass or
May
21

Editor's blog 20 May 2009: Catching the buzz about living in deciduous times

Good evening. Another unexpected leave of absence ends - or was it absent without leave? It's so hard
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May
18

The Maynard Doctrine: a Conservative Party memo on modest proposals for NHS reform?

Professor Alan Maynard OBE makes full disclosure of a document passed to him anonymously The postmark on the brown envelope
3 min read
Apr
27

Editor's blog 26 April 2009: Who wants to be a millionaire, NHS-style?

No, this is not going to be about redundancy pay-offs for sacked chief executives. What were you thinking? No, this
4 min read
Apr
26

Editor's blog 23 April 2009: Happy Birthday, Mr Roth

On my way home from a wonderful lunch in honour of Andrew Roth, author of Parliamentary Profiles and Westminster Confidential.
Apr
23

Editor's blog 23 April 2009: Leading from the front, or from well behind the lines?

Leadership is one of those qualities that are hard to analyse. It is hard to define but very easy to
2 min read
Apr
23

Editor's blog 22 April 2009: Budget airline politics, or business-class planning?

”We will protect our investment in schools and hospitals” – Chancellor Alastair Darling Good afternoon. I have again been away -
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Apr
21

The Maynard Doctrine: Evaluating quality initiatives

Professor Alan Maynard OBE challenges the Whitehall Village People to evaluate their initiatives around quality for cost-effectiveness The Government has
3 min read
Apr
08

Editor's blog 7th April 2009: Markets, economics and healthcare

Good evening - a very quick one, to alert you to the arrival of fresh Maynard Doctrine [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.
4 min read
Apr
07

Editor's blog 27th March 2009: DH unclear over how many GP practices still don't have indicative PBC budgets

Hello. A fairly brief one today - the FT has some very thoughtful features [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/
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