Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Sep
26

Health Policy Today 26 September 2011: Responsibility for early diagnosis

Dr Tom Smith, associate director of Health Policy Insight, returns to the fray with this report on the first of
11 min read
Sep
23

Editor's blog Friday 23 September 2011: Health Policy Intelligence 25 'PFI in the sky; un-NPfIT for purpose DH magic money' out

Health Policy Intelligence is our weekly subscription-based analysis service. The new double-issue, '‘PFI in the sky; not NPfIT for
2 min read
Sep
23

Editor's blog Thursday 22 September 2011: Prepare ye the way for a party conference announcement on PFI

If you were a cynical person, which of course I am not, you might think that today's plethora
1 min read
Sep
23

Editor's blog Friday 23 September 2011: Backfiring politics and economics - PFI, magic money, tariff and tough times

Oops. The political strategy to attack 22 trusts' PFI debt burden adopted by Andrew Lansley (saviour, liberator) and colleagues,
2 min read
Sep
22

Editor's blog Wednesday 14 September 2011: Andrew Lansley speech to NHS Alliance / NAPC commissioning conference

Below is a transcript of SOS Andrew Lansley's speech this afternoon to the NHS Alliance / NAPC commissioning conference.
7 min read
Sep
21

Editor's blog Wednesday 21 September 2011: BMA Council backs chair Dr Hamish Meldrum

Another psalter is inscribed in The Book Of Things That Are Not Surprising, with the news that BMA Council has
1 min read
Sep
21

Editor's blog Wednesday 21 September 2011: The underwhelming Lib Dem conference

The good news for the Lib Dems is that they are now a party of government. You might not think
2 min read
Sep
17

Editor's blog Saturday 17th September 2011: Health Policy Intelligence 23/4, 'David Nicholson - wheelbarrow man or liberator?'

Health Policy Intelligence is our weekly subscription-based analysis service. The new double-issue, '‘Comrade Sir David Nicholson - the wheelbarrow
2 min read
Sep
17

Editor's blog Wednesday 14 September 2011: CQC's "significant distortion of priorities" criticised by health select committee

The Commons health select committee continues its good work with the publication of the reports of its first annual accountability
3 min read
Sep
17

Editor's blog Thursday 8th September 2011: DH publishes revised Health Bill impact assessment

The DH has published the revised Health Bill impact assessment [http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_
1 min read