Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Oct
09

The Maynard Doctrine - The NHS regulatory hogwash

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard asks what regulation is actually delivering Public and private sector regulatory schizophrenia There are two
5 min read
Aug
24

The Maynard Doctrine: Jeremy Hunt’s report card

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard offers an August examination result on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s tenure Jeremy Hunt has
5 min read
Jul
31

The Maynard Doctrine: The shrinking of the state: permanent or transitory?

Amidst Brexit and the plethora of Government initiatives following May's  June General Election, there is ambiguity about whether
6 min read
May
26

Editorial Thursday 25 May 2017: Jeremy Corbyn lies about the late Andrew Roth's reputation for accuracy

Regular readers will be aware that I am not a particularly big fan of chocolate teapot Labour 'leader'
2 min read
Apr
06

The Maynard Doctrine: NHS care - waltzing into an ebb-tide?

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard is far from convinced that things are working out well The NHS is in crisis
4 min read
Jan
14

Editorial Friday 13 January 2017: Bowie meets Queen - official: May Queen declares truce with Sun King

Right: let's sing the bass line together: "Dum dum dum du-du-dum-dum [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
1 min read
Jan
13

Editorial Friday 13 January 2017: "Calm down" - Team May channel Cameron, Enfield and Winner

Karl Marx wrote in the eighteenth brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, quoting Hegel, ”all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so
2 min read
Jan
13

Editorial Thursday 12 January 2017: Mayan civilisation and punishment leakings

Six months since her arrival in 10 Downing Street after the other Conservative leadership candidates disappeared in puffs of stupidity
4 min read
Jan
12

The Maynard Doctrine: The Empress has no clothes

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard calls Mayday on Number 10's health and care policy position Hans Christian Anderson’
3 min read
Jan
11

Editorial Wednesday 23 November 2016: Stuck outside the Treasury with the funding blues again

Well. Wasn’t that a bracing few weeks? Let’s start with the money, shall we? NHS Improvement’s Q2
8 min read