Cowper’s Cut 273: Living in financial times
High-balling
Most people have heard of the negotiating technique of 'low-balling'.
The BMA's leaders seem to
Cowper's Cut 272: "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"
This has ended up being an extra 'Cowper's Cut', given that I did a special last
Cowper's Cut 271: The Keir Starmer speech on NHS reform
If it's Monday, it must be Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer's NHS reform speech day -
Cowper's Cut 270: Labour's 'Leopard' health policy? That's novel ...
The week began with the less-than-astonishing announcement that the Government's talks with the BMA Consultants Committee leadership about
Cowper’s Cut 269: Through the looking glass
We began this week with the Government's attempt at euthanasia.
New plan to make it easier for patients
Cowper’s Cut 268: Circular time
Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said the Royal College of Nursing should have waited before staging a 28-hour walkout, which
Cowper's Cut 267: Banking on ambiguity with Steve Barclay
The NHS pay deal - now certain to be accepted by the staff council - embeds a real terms pay
Cowper's Cut 266: Activity speaks louder than words
We start, like last week, with an opinion poll on the NHS industrial action.
This one, like last week'
Cowper’s Cut 265: The end of the beginning of the strikes
Polling released early this week from Ipsos finds that of those surveyed, support for junior doctors' industrial action has
Cowper’s Cut 264: Banking on Imperceptible Industrial Action
The unedifying propaganda war over NHS industrial action stepped up some gears this week.
The RCN alerted The Guardian about
