Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Jul
05

Guest editorial Tuesday 5 July 2016: On the political confusion of 'activists' hoping to shape Labour's health policy

'Pierre Poujade' follows on from Health Policy Insight's recent [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1653]
3 min read
Jul
04

Editorial Monday 4 July 2016: Why Simon Stevens is the Heineken of leaders

Health Service Journal's leak of Simon Stevens' weekly email to NHS staff [http://www.hsj.co.uk/
2 min read
Jul
01

Editorial Wednesday 29 June 2016: More on the clandestine McDonnell health policy review

Since publishing yesterday's piece revealing the clandestine review of health policy by John McDonnell [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/
4 min read
Jun
28

Editorial Monday 27 June 2016: Serial liar Boris Johnson - the Frank Sidebottom of Conservative politics

The ramifications of the advisory referendum on leaving the EU [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1651] continue to manifest
2 min read
Jun
25

Editorial Friday 24 June 2016: Leaving the EU? What could possibly go wrong?

Oops. After a divisive, and clearly misleading campaign [ https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence/uk-contributions-to-the-eu/] , the UK voted by a
2 min read
Jun
20

Editorial Monday 20 June 2016: A reflection on politics and choice

"The first day after a death, the new absence Is always the same; we should be careful of each
3 min read
Jun
15

Editorial Tuesday 14 June 2016: On attending the NHS Confederation Conference in Manchester

Health Policy Insight is nothing if not tirelessly helpful. With this in mind, readers will benefit from our considerable wealth
3 min read
Jun
09

The Maynard Doctrine: Continuous Revolution (again)

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard wonders, not for the first time, whether we shouldn't perhaps be evaluating some
5 min read
May
20

Editorial Thursday 19 May 2016: Churchill conciliation in junior docs' strike, financial chaos & STP WTF (Business As Usual mix)

Pyrrhic victories [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhic_victory] all round in the 'junior' doctors' dispute. The
4 min read
May
04

The Maynard Doctrine: Cut the horseshit: where’s the evidence?

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard wonder, not for the first time, why policymaking and management are still so often uninformed
5 min read