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Oct
18
Guest editorial: Can A****a pull it off?

Guest editorial: Can A****a pull it off?

Julian Patterson is a journalist specialising in healthcare, and the creator of NHS Blithering. Will NHS England chief executive Amanda
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Oct
17
Guest editorial: What the right gets wrong about NHS reform

Guest editorial: What the right gets wrong about NHS reform

Alastair McLellan, editor, Health Service Journal This piece was commissioned and accepted in the summer by a government-supporting newspaper. After
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Oct
17
Cowper’s Cut 239: To Truss - to tie up the legs and wings of a bird before cooking

Cowper’s Cut 239: To Truss - to tie up the legs and wings of a bird before cooking

"Prime Minister Liz Truss allowed a smile to play around the corners of her mouth. "Leader of the
10 min read
Oct
14
What is to be done?

What is to be done?

I first published this in October 2021, concerned at the lack of any credible plan. Nothing material has changed in
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Oct
10
Cowper’s Cut 238: Tory Party in a tizz with Liz

Cowper’s Cut 238: Tory Party in a tizz with Liz

Sometimes, the metaphors just write themselves. Conservative Friends of the NHS stall at Tory conference has been abandoned in a
13 min read
Oct
03
Cowper's Cut 237: In Truss we "God!"

Cowper's Cut 237: In Truss we "God!"

“Much of the instability in the world is a product of its legacy of individualism and haphazard policymaking.” Kwasi Kwarteng,
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Sep
26
Subscribing to 'Cowper's Cut' on Health Policy Insight

Subscribing to 'Cowper's Cut' on Health Policy Insight

Good afternoon. I hope you're well. I'm sending this to all the people who've
5 min read
Sep
26
Cowper’s Cut 236: Grate Expectations

Cowper’s Cut 236: Grate Expectations

Kami-Kwasi economics 'The Growth Plan', Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's Budget-but-not-really on Friday was a radical event, albeit
11 min read
Sep
19
Cowper's Cut 235: Always look on the bright side with Tiz

Cowper's Cut 235: Always look on the bright side with Tiz

Although Dr Therese 'Tiz' Coffey has been scarcely a week in the job, she already looks set to
10 min read
Sep
12
Cowper’s Cut 234: Delivery, delivery, delivery

Cowper’s Cut 234: Delivery, delivery, delivery

In her victory speech for the Conservative And Unionist Party's summer 2022 leadership race, Liz 'Surgical'
11 min read