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Apr
04
Cowper's Cut 211: I Can't Get No Satisfaction

Cowper's Cut 211: I Can't Get No Satisfaction

"The Government is in denial about what is happening in the health service and is failing to tell the
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Mar
28
Cowper’s Cut 210: The wealthy sick and the unwealthy sick

Cowper’s Cut 210: The wealthy sick and the unwealthy sick

"We started the pandemic with 17 ICU consultants. Over the last 24 months: 2 have retired 1 has resigned
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Mar
21
Cowper's Cut 209: Vaccine and not herd

Cowper's Cut 209: Vaccine and not herd

Health But Social Care Secretary Sajid 'The Saj' Javid recovered from his triumphant speech last week by giving media interviews telling the country (in terms) to suck up the increase in Covid19 infections that became apparent last week, and has done increasingly the same this week.
6 min read
Mar
14
Cowper's Cut 208: Karma Chameleon The Saj has a dream

Cowper's Cut 208: Karma Chameleon The Saj has a dream

Where to start on Health But Social Care Secretary Sajid 'The Saj' Javid's major speech on
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Mar
07
Cowper’s Cut 207: The Saj brings the 1991 energy to NHS reform

Cowper’s Cut 207: The Saj brings the 1991 energy to NHS reform

Experience is a wonderful thing: it lets us recognise the same unforced errors when they're being made yet
12 min read
Feb
28
Cowper's Cut update: Ooops! NHSE did it again. NHS tariff withdrawn weeks before the new financial year

Cowper's Cut update: Ooops! NHSE did it again. NHS tariff withdrawn weeks before the new financial year

NHS England has gone Full Britney. To borrow from health policy guru La Spears' comeback hit, everybody's
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Feb
28
Cowper's Cut 206: Living with leadership ambitions (oh, and Covid19)

Cowper's Cut 206: Living with leadership ambitions (oh, and Covid19)

The Government's heavily-trailed 'living with Covid' announcements last Monday were jeopardised by a last-minute row between
9 min read
Feb
21
Cowper's Cut 205: So, about that workforce plan?

Cowper's Cut 205: So, about that workforce plan?

"For years we have been on the edge, working within an underfunded, badly managed, abused system. We  are shipwrecked
9 min read
Feb
14
Cowper's Cut 204: From leaks to launch, Electoral Recovery Plan and integration White Paper underwhelm

Cowper's Cut 204: From leaks to launch, Electoral Recovery Plan and integration White Paper underwhelm

First the leaks ... Delays to the completion of the elective recovery plan (which winsomely, Health But Social Care Secretary Sajid
13 min read
Feb
07
Cowper’s Cut 203: Fifty Grays of shade

Cowper’s Cut 203: Fifty Grays of shade

Fifty Grays of shade The redacted update of the Sue Gray report into the Government's 'Partygate [https:
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