Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Jan
13

Editor’s blog 13th January 2009: A right, righteous bollocking

Stop whatever you are doing now (yes, even reading something I write); go here (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/
6 min read
Jan
12

2009: when economics and politics collide – Health Policy Today, 11 January 2009

Tom Smith offers a review of policy trends in the latest instalment of Health Policy Today On today's
5 min read
Jan
09

Guest blog 9th January 2009: Who is looking after the NHS brand?

It’s great that primary care trusts have been busy rebranding. My local PCT has now become NHS Suffolk, which
3 min read
Jan
09

Editor's blog 9th January 2009: The shock of the familiar, and a welcome guest

The policy points of the day are both sadly familiar ones. Firstly, the Conservatives have availed themselves of the open
1 min read
Jan
08

Editor's blog 8th January 2009: Answering the 2009 GP patient survey

On the day when it was revealed that BMA Chair of Council Dr Hamish Meldrum has got into media embarrassment
10 min read
Jan
08

Editorial 5th January 2009: Love in a cold climate

Hello, and welcome back to Health Policy Insight in 2009. It would seem that the gift of prophecy has not
3 min read
Jan
07

Editor’s blog 7th January 2009: How many CSEs have you got?

As a pint-downing weathergirl and a Tory topless model prepare to fight it out for the voting sub-section (i.e.
3 min read
Jan
06

Editorial 6th January 2009: To err is human; to forgive, incarnadine

It’s a slow start to the year policy-wise, which made the Liberal Democrats’ FOI of the figures from the
3 min read
Jan
05

The Maynard Doctrine: Time for NICE to get nastier

Professor Alan Maynard OBE celebrates his ascension into the pantheon of the British Empire with a typically pro-Establishment disquisition on
3 min read
Dec
24

Editor's blog 24th December 2008: Happy Christmas

The Health Policy Insight team will now be aiming to take a break until the New Year - although it