Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Feb
04

Editorial Monday 3 February 2014: Independent regulators, the SPESCious Awards, and spoofing Mark Britnell

I appointed myself as NHS Chief Inspector Of Chief Inspectors [”https://twitter.com/HPIAndyCowper] last year, in the wake of
Feb
04

Editorial Tuesday 4 February 2014: Why privatising the NHS would be A Very Bad Idea

The Twittering Classes were fascinated to notice that NHS England's outgoing chief executive, Comrade Sir David Nicholson had
4 min read
Feb
03

Editorial Thursday 24 January 2013: Ten thoughts about Andy Burnham's Labour health policy review speech

In the wholly spurious interests of binary 'balance', here are five snarky observations about shadow health secretary and
3 min read
Dec
06

Guest editorial Friday 6 December 2013: Why the NHS definitely needs drones, by CSU Cassander

In this guest editorial, the genius of CSU Cassander is unleashed on solving the woes of the NHS through drone
3 min read
Nov
19

The Maynard Doctrine: It's the clinicians, stupid!

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard reflects on political learning and real reform Fashions come and fashions go, but clinicians -
4 min read
Sep
16

The Maynard Doctrine: A guide to the bollocksfest of NHS management jargon

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard turns his attention to the beautiful world of NHS management jargon The ways in which
2 min read
Aug
01

Editorial Thursday 10 January 2013: Is commissioning reform the real issue?

We're not very far away from the arrival of the NHS Commissioning Board now. This leads me to
3 min read
Jul
24

The Maynard Doctrine: What to do with “Big Pharma”?

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard examines the ills of Big Pharma, and offers his own prescriptions for improvement. Big Pharma
4 min read
Jul
22

Guest editorial: Jeremy Twunt on the future of Conservative health policy

Parliament has risen for recess, but the satirical alter ego of the Secretary Of State For Health, swear-word-loving Jeremy Twunt
3 min read
Jul
17

Wednesday 17 July 2013: The Keogh Review process matters as much as the outcome, and a thought about the NHS England CEO job

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has a well-earned reputation as nobody's fool. His report into the 14 hospitals he
12 min read