Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
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
Mar
05
Cowper’s Cut 259: The illusion of control

Cowper’s Cut 259: The illusion of control

"There is no version of reality whereby "several million people will receive the vaccine before Christmas" so
11 min read
Feb
27
Cowper's Cut 258: The Government’s revealed “intensive” NHS pay strategy - blinking

Cowper's Cut 258: The Government’s revealed “intensive” NHS pay strategy - blinking

Improved UK public sector finances (against forecast) reported by the Office for National Statistics may have given Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
11 min read
Feb
19
Cowper's Cut 257: From love in an escalator to the brown stuff

Cowper's Cut 257: From love in an escalator to the brown stuff

Well, I did say in last week's 'Cut' that the RCN needed to work out how
9 min read
Feb
12
Cowper’s Cut 256: Everything you know may be wrong

Cowper’s Cut 256: Everything you know may be wrong

Could negotiations on nurses pay look at this year as well as next year? @JustinOnWeb asks Maria Caulfield, Health Minister
15 min read