Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Jun
01

Editorial Wednesday 30 May 2012: Doctors, politicians, strikes and professionalism

Doctors dominate the news today, with the smaller splash of Alan 'Quiff Of Doom' Milburn's social
4 min read
May
31

Editorial Thursday 31 May 2012: Waits and measures

Oops. The latest NHS performance metrics issued by The Kings Fund [http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/document.rm?id=9568]
2 min read
May
30

Editorial Wednesday 30 May 2012: Health Policy Intelligence 46 - Comrade Sir David's Great Leap Forward

A short extract from the latest edition of our subscription-based Health Policy Intelligence appears below. To subscribe for £69 for
1 min read
May
30

Editorial Tuesday 29 May 2012: Nuffield Trust on social care, Kings Fund on listening

Two useful documents today: from the Nuffield Trust on reforming the funding of social care [:"http://www.nuffieldtrust.org.
6 min read
May
30

Editorial Tuesday 15 May 2012: Having congress with Andrew Lansley and Ed Miliband

So. We have had congress [”http://www.rcn.org.uk/</a] with Andrew Lansley and Ed Miliband. And do
5 min read
May
23

Editorial Wednesday 23 May 2012: The NHS pillar of Conservative electoral strategy

The Conservative Home website offers a useful insight into parts of the Tory policymaking world. It is interesting to remember
3 min read
May
21

Editorial Monday 21 May 2012: DH publishes information strategy. Long on hallucination; short on how.

The DH has published its latest, much-delayed information strategy [http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/
9 min read
May
21

Guest editorial Monday 21 May 2012: Analysing a dozen key changes to Monitor’s long-term financial model

James Wilson, managing director of Assista Consultancy [”http://www.assista.co.uk”], assesses Monitor’s changes to the long-term financial
3 min read
May
15

Editorial Tuesday 15 May 2012: Imprisoning information

Patrick McGoohan's 'The Prisoner' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/prisoner/] was one of the
5 min read
May
11

Editorial Friday 11 May 2011: From perestrokia to glasnost? The NCB and the possibility of change

Many journalists and commentators are cynical, or become so. It can become dull as a default position. I've
2 min read