Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Apr
30
Cowper's Cut 267: Banking on ambiguity with Steve Barclay

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
9 min read
Apr
23
Cowper's Cut 266: Activity speaks louder than words

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'
12 min read
Apr
16
Cowper’s Cut 265: The end of the beginning of the strikes

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
12 min read
Apr
09
Cowper’s Cut 264: Banking on Imperceptible Industrial Action

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
11 min read
Apr
05
Health Policy Intelligence, January 2012: 'Taking the pith out of the Health And Social Care Bill'

Health Policy Intelligence, January 2012: 'Taking the pith out of the Health And Social Care Bill'

Many years before there was 'Cowper's Cut', I used to do a Health Policy Insight subscription
10 min read
Apr
02
Cowper’s Cut 263: Warming to Steve Barclay

Cowper’s Cut 263: Warming to Steve Barclay

The NHS has allegedly "warmed to Steve Barclay". Has it? Really? Climate change is having all sorts of
14 min read
Mar
26
Cowper's Cut 262: On the defensive

Cowper's Cut 262: On the defensive

In life and in politics, when you're explaining, you're all too often on the back foot.
11 min read
Mar
22
Andrew Foster RIP

Andrew Foster RIP

Andrew Foster, whose most recent healthcare job was as chair of Manx Care, has died after a short illness, Health
40 min read
Mar
19
Cowper's Cut 261: The 'mullet' strategy over the junior doctors' strike

Cowper's Cut 261: The 'mullet' strategy over the junior doctors' strike

The Hunt Budget The Alan Comeuppance is complete. BREAKING NEWS: Spring Budget WhatsApp Files leaked 👀 Share the scoop with your
9 min read
Mar
13
Cowper's Cut 260: Unsurprising numbers, as The Banker raises the BMA

Cowper's Cut 260: Unsurprising numbers, as The Banker raises the BMA

Financial reality is always the order of the day for the NHS in March. The final month of the financial
11 min read