Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Nov
22

Editorial Wednesday 22 November 2017: A Budget to short-change the NHS

Budget Day rolls around fast: this year, the cacophony of requests for more funding for the NHS has been almost
3 min read
Nov
08

Editorial Wednesday 8 November 2017: Spreadsheet Phil will have to choose between the bus and the bust

Fireworks Night was three days ago, but you wouldn't know it from NHS Commissioning Board boss Simon Stevens&
1 min read
Oct
27

Guest editorial Thursday 26 October 2017: Why the NHS should be run by a US sports league, by CCG Cassander

Twitter legend CCG Cassander [https://twitter.com/CCGCassander] has welcomed me back to Health Policy Insight duties with this guest
3 min read
Oct
26

Editorial Thursday 26 October 2017: The floodgates are opening

Hello. I've been a bit busy of late, so as a thing that doesn't earn me
2 min read
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