Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Feb
22

Editorial Thursday 20 February 2014: Will Care.Data Lansleyism prefigure reconfiguration conflagration?

Is it too late to coin the phrase ‘Lansleyism’? It’s not? OK, then: the Care.Data fiasco [”http://www.
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Feb
11

Editorial Tuesday 11 February 2014: How is a CSU commercially confidential, Earl Howe?

Now here is An Interesting Things [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldhansrd/text/140206w0001.htm] , brought to my
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Feb
05

Editor’s blog Wednesday 18 May 2011: It’s the economic regulator, stupid

The battle for the credit for ‘saving the NHS reform’ resumes, in the wake of Prime Minister David ‘Shabba’ Cameron’
4 min read
Feb
04

Editorial Monday 3 February 2014: Independent regulators, the SPESCious Awards, and spoofing Mark Britnell

I appointed myself as NHS Chief Inspector Of Chief Inspectors [”https://twitter.com/HPIAndyCowper] last year, in the wake of
Feb
04

Editorial Tuesday 4 February 2014: Why privatising the NHS would be A Very Bad Idea

The Twittering Classes were fascinated to notice that NHS England's outgoing chief executive, Comrade Sir David Nicholson had
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Feb
03

Editorial Thursday 24 January 2013: Ten thoughts about Andy Burnham's Labour health policy review speech

In the wholly spurious interests of binary 'balance', here are five snarky observations about shadow health secretary and
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Dec
06

Guest editorial Friday 6 December 2013: Why the NHS definitely needs drones, by CSU Cassander

In this guest editorial, the genius of CSU Cassander is unleashed on solving the woes of the NHS through drone
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Nov
19

The Maynard Doctrine: It's the clinicians, stupid!

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard reflects on political learning and real reform Fashions come and fashions go, but clinicians -
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Sep
16

The Maynard Doctrine: A guide to the bollocksfest of NHS management jargon

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard turns his attention to the beautiful world of NHS management jargon The ways in which
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Aug
01

Editorial Thursday 10 January 2013: Is commissioning reform the real issue?

We're not very far away from the arrival of the NHS Commissioning Board now. This leads me to
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