Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Nov
17
Cowper's Cut 191: A farewell to Health Education England

Cowper's Cut 191: A farewell to Health Education England

This is a very quick one: the future of Health Education England has come into question as part of the
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Nov
16
Cowper's Cut 190: Interesting updates - digital in-housing, Big Pharma Day and Owen Paterson issues

Cowper's Cut 190: Interesting updates - digital in-housing, Big Pharma Day and Owen Paterson issues

The Wade-Gery review [https://www.hsj.co.uk/technology-and-innovation/business-chief-brought-in-to-review-turbulent-nhs-it-landscape/7028109.article?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpSa01HRmxaREEwTlRJdyIsInQiOiJkWW9sRHZ5eFwveXBqdktaSnNcL01ueVFnQUFBSjRGZERiV1I1bU44aVorZU9tOXByMGduR28zWTV3c1U3YTlhV2JUc1lldnprbDI1Z1creTdYeGROUHJcLzhEcjZmTU5XV1VUMkRHSXY5eng1Smo4MUxBd3lOaUNBcmw4c3VWOVQxUiJ9] has concluded that the NHS&
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Nov
15
Cowper's Cut 189: May The Force be with The Saj in talking about making NHS backlog and workforce plans

Cowper's Cut 189: May The Force be with The Saj in talking about making NHS backlog and workforce plans

What looks very much like the first terrorist incident on NHS premises took place on Sunday morning, with an incendiary
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Nov
08
Cowper’s Cut 188: Randoxxing the nation, as The Power-Posing Saj cancels NHSE meeting four times

Cowper’s Cut 188: Randoxxing the nation, as The Power-Posing Saj cancels NHSE meeting four times

It’s not news to anyone who follows health policy that former MP Owen Paterson was a longstanding and well-paid
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Nov
01
Cowper’s Cut 187: A “new age of optimism”, as Sunak and NHS Engroovement face off over the week’s silliest move

Cowper’s Cut 187: A “new age of optimism”, as Sunak and NHS Engroovement face off over the week’s silliest move

It’s a close-run thing when Chancellor Rishi ‘The Brand’ Sunak and NHS England/Improvement (in Julian Patterson’s excellent
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Oct
26
What is to be done?

What is to be done?

There is no plan. So what can we do? The Government’s ambition to increase NHS hospital activity by 30%
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Oct
25
Cowper's Cut 186: Plan B debate masks the lack of any real NHS recovery plan

Cowper's Cut 186: Plan B debate masks the lack of any real NHS recovery plan

I really like Plan B. The musician [https://www.time4planb.co.uk/] Plan B, that is. I’m less keen
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Oct
18
Cowper's Cut 185: Lessons learned and unlearned; more briefings and more cases. What could possibly go wrong?

Cowper's Cut 185: Lessons learned and unlearned; more briefings and more cases. What could possibly go wrong?

Only more briefings can save us now Goodness me. I mentioned in both of the last ‘Cowper’s Cut’ posts
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Oct
11
Cowper’s Cut 184: ‘Levelling up’ is the new ‘taking back control’

Cowper’s Cut 184: ‘Levelling up’ is the new ‘taking back control’

I did a mid-week update on the Conservative Party Conference [https://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/cowpers-cut-183-conservative-party-conference-special/] . One memorable aspect was Health
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Oct
05
Cowper's Cut 183: Conservative Party Conference special

Cowper's Cut 183: Conservative Party Conference special

I won't tend to do mid-week specials, but the danger of covering CPC21 properly is of making the
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