Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Jun
30
Cowper’s Cut 329: The 2024 General Election health policy debate - almost as good as England’s football

Cowper’s Cut 329: The 2024 General Election health policy debate - almost as good as England’s football

Ahem. Is it me or is there a disconnect between the importance voters place on the NHS this election (see
12 min read
Jun
23
Cowper’s Cut 328: Mentioning the whole money thing

Cowper’s Cut 328: Mentioning the whole money thing

How much spending on the NHS have the major parties committed to in their election manifestos?To help inform the
11 min read
Jun
18
Cowper’s Cut 327: Health and care manifestos reviewed; ConfedExpo - don’t mention money or politics!

Cowper’s Cut 327: Health and care manifestos reviewed; ConfedExpo - don’t mention money or politics!

Sorry for the late arrival of this issue of ‘Cut’: this was due to circumstances. Buckle in: here we go.
20 min read
Jun
09
Cowper’s Cut 326: D-Day (as in debate) offers little clarity

Cowper’s Cut 326: D-Day (as in debate) offers little clarity

Vote Labour, get strikes. Keir Starmer would hand the economy over to unions, bringing mass disruption on a daily basis.
18 min read
Jun
02
Cowper’s Cut 325: NHS England’s financial recovery plan, and other fictions

Cowper’s Cut 325: NHS England’s financial recovery plan, and other fictions

It’s been a long first full week of the 2024 General Election campaign. Both of the main Westminster parties
14 min read
May
26
Cowper’s Cut 324: Things Can Only Get Wetter

Cowper’s Cut 324: Things Can Only Get Wetter

Considering the millions spent creating the high-spec TV studio within Downing Street, one must have a heart of stone not
16 min read
May
19
Cowper’s Cut 323: “Efficiency our motto, by which we proudly stand”

Cowper’s Cut 323: “Efficiency our motto, by which we proudly stand”

The future isn’t what it used to be NEW: NHS spending has risen more slowly than planned at the
15 min read
May
12
Cowper’s Cut 322: Sugar tax for Streeting’s waffle

Cowper’s Cut 322: Sugar tax for Streeting’s waffle

Sugar tax for Streeting Workforce and winter under Labour: Wes Streeting on his plan for the NHS and ending the
14 min read
May
05
Cowper’s Cut 321: Not the end of NHS targets, nor of their support chassis

Cowper’s Cut 321: Not the end of NHS targets, nor of their support chassis

Health Service Journal’s editor Alastair McLellan was the man who, back in 2017, thought I could write a weekly
12 min read
Apr
28
Cowper’s Cut 320: Poulter(zeit)geist

Cowper’s Cut 320: Poulter(zeit)geist

Poltergeists are annoying ghosts who go around trashing things and causing destruction. Any resemblance to erstwhile (sub-)prime ministers Boris
9 min read