Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
May
23

Editorial Wednesday 23 May 2012: The NHS pillar of Conservative electoral strategy

The Conservative Home website offers a useful insight into parts of the Tory policymaking world. It is interesting to remember
3 min read
May
21

Editorial Monday 21 May 2012: DH publishes information strategy. Long on hallucination; short on how.

The DH has published its latest, much-delayed information strategy [http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/
9 min read
May
21

Guest editorial Monday 21 May 2012: Analysing a dozen key changes to Monitor’s long-term financial model

James Wilson, managing director of Assista Consultancy [”http://www.assista.co.uk”], assesses Monitor’s changes to the long-term financial
3 min read
May
15

Editorial Tuesday 15 May 2012: Imprisoning information

Patrick McGoohan's 'The Prisoner' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/prisoner/] was one of the
5 min read
May
11

Editorial Friday 11 May 2011: From perestrokia to glasnost? The NCB and the possibility of change

Many journalists and commentators are cynical, or become so. It can become dull as a default position. I've
2 min read
May
11

Editorial Thursday 10 May 2012: Health Policy Intelligence 45: Letters? Pray!

"If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change." (The Leopard, Giuseppe Tomasi
2 min read
May
10

Editorial Friday 4 May 2012: What the local election results do and don't tell us

Enough of the local election results are now in that it's possible to form a few thoughts about
2 min read
May
10

The Maynard Doctrine: Managing ambiguity – is discretion the better part of valour?

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard  picks the three big themes of which we must beware over the implementation of the
3 min read
May
10

Editorial Thursday 10 May 2012: Today's risk register statement

Risk registers, eh? Gotta love 'em. Couldn't eat a whole one, though. ...................................................................... Click here for details of
22 min read
May
08

Editorial Tuesday 24 April 2012: Notes of NHS Clinical Commissioners conference

Notes from the main sessions of the NHS Clinial Commissioners conference Dr David Bennett, Monitor Dr David Bennett, executive chair
15 min read