Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Dec
16

Editorial Thursday 15 December 2016: The three deals to be done

Connoisseurs of U-turns are going to have some fun with Prime Minister Theresa May’s administration. The Teflon determination on
1 min read
Dec
01

Editorial Thursday 1 December 2016: Interview with NHS Improvement chair Ed Smith on 'Developing People, Improving Care'

NHS Improvement [https://improvement.nhs.uk] chair Ed Smith talks to Health Policy Insight about the new ‘Developing People, Improving
11 min read
Nov
25

Editorial Friday 25 November 2016: Top trolling, Team Brexit!

Just when you thought this week couldn't get any sillier [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1669], Team
1 min read
Nov
24

Editorial Thursday 24 November 2016: Five thoughts about yesterday

1. Social care got less than nothing Not only were the sector-wide representations that social care needed more funding ignored
1 min read
Nov
23

Editorial Thursday 17 May 2012: Paying a quick trip to the real world, before chilling in a safe space with Andrew Lansley

The other day, I wrote about the Risk Register melodrama [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1374], and touched on
3 min read
Nov
02

The Maynard Doctrine: How to fund the NHS - zombie policies rise yet again

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard would much rather not have to write this article again, but evidently it's
5 min read
Oct
28

Editorial Monday 14 July 2014: A modest proposal on NHS and public sector funding

'Pecs Dance' [http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/minister-dismisses-warning-of-imminent-nhs-funding-crisis/5072886.article>This denial of an imminent
3 min read
Oct
18

Editorial Sunday 16 October 2016: The Incredible Shrinking Imperial Phase and "the NHS's own plans for itself"

The Imperial Phase in 10 Downing Street just keeps getting shorter. Tony Blair's lasted just over a Parliament
2 min read
Oct
17

Editorial Saturday 15 October 2016: The bed of nails, leaking from the top and sucking it up

In the world of health policy, life imitates art: the first time as tragedy, the second time as Yes, Minister
3 min read
Oct
15

Editorial Monday 12 September 2016: Interview - Simon Stevens, chief executive, NHS England

Health Policy Insight: Do you agree that hospital A&Es are currently under real pressure? Simon Stevens: Definitely. The
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