Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Apr
06

Editor's blog Wednesday 6 April 2011: GOBSAAT Alert as Government announces completely pointless NHS Future Forum

If you were going to set up this NHS Future Forum as a genuine, robustly independent listening exercise, would you
2 min read
Apr
06

Editor's blog Wednesday 6 April 2011: Times moots the Cable guy as next Health Secretary

Today's Times editorial moots the possibility of Lib Dem MP Dr Vincent Cable as the next Secretary Of
4 min read
Apr
05

Editor's blog Tuesday 5 April 2011: Demand management penny drops in media, as BMI Healthcare bet on growing self-pay market

It has been pretty clear for some time that, in dealing with financial stringency, one of the responses PCTs have
2 min read
Apr
05

Editor's blog Tuesday 5 April 2011: Big Society meets The Ministry Of Truth - a national social enterprise for communications

Health Service Journal's Ben Clover provides us with a much-needed smile, thanks to this story about a proposed
1 min read
Apr
05

Editor's blog Tuesday 5 April 2011: Select committee report - competition confusion and re-inventing PCTs

The new report from the health select committee, Commissioning - further issues [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/
4 min read
Apr
05

Editor's blog Monday 4 April 2011: "I knew I was right!" Andrew Lansley in the House

The good people from Hansard will have the text online soon, but for now, some thoughts from myself and also
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Apr
05

Editor's blog Monday 4 April 2011: Mirror, Mirror - Tebbit, Miliband, Lansley and La Mome on NHS reform

Good afternoon. I'm starting with Lord Tebbit's editorial for the Daily Mirror [http://www.mirror.co.
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Apr
04

Editor's blog Monday 4 April 2011: Our Saviour And Liberator Online - Hansard from today's NHS reform sesson

The Hansard text of today's Commons chat on NHS reform [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/
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Apr
03

Editor's blog Monday 4 April 2011: Will Orange Book Lib Dem leaders be colourblind to activists' red lines?

The following press release sets out Lib Dem activists' 'red line' objections to their Coalition Government Health
5 min read
Apr
03

Editor's blog Sunday 3 April 2011: Number 10 mounts The Calais Defence over the Health Bill

So, it's The Calais Defence for Number 10 (which, topically enough, is a political strategy only a mother
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