Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Oct
29
Cowper’s Cut 294: Waits and measures

Cowper’s Cut 294: Waits and measures

Not only have think-tanks have been thinking about the backlog waiting lists in the English NHS, they have been writing
9 min read
Oct
22
Cowper’s Cut 293: When are 5,000 more NHS beds actually 3,000 fewer NHS beds?

Cowper’s Cut 293: When are 5,000 more NHS beds actually 3,000 fewer NHS beds?

13 min read
Oct
15
Cowper’s Cut 292: Labouring towards a health policy

Cowper’s Cut 292: Labouring towards a health policy

Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool was obviously successful for them. Even aiming off for the extent to which both
14 min read
Oct
08
Cowper’s Cut 291: On the Conservative And Unionist Party Conference, and other fictions

Cowper’s Cut 291: On the Conservative And Unionist Party Conference, and other fictions

This week, Conservative And Unionist Party partisans and lobbyists gathered in Manchester for their annual conference to hear ministers give
17 min read
Oct
01
Cowper's Cut 290: Industrial action on pay continues

Cowper's Cut 290: Industrial action on pay continues

The Banker: striking medics are blocking cancer treatments UK health secretary accuses striking medics of withholding cancer treatment | Financial TimesSteve
15 min read
Sep
24
Cowper’s Cut 289: Umpteen strikes and you’re out

Cowper’s Cut 289: Umpteen strikes and you’re out

New 'Winter' £200 million: the Government's own Strike Fund You've got to hand it
14 min read
Sep
17
Cowper’s Cut 288: All the sevens: 7.7 million RTT backlog; a £7 billion deficit - it’s a full house for 10 Downing Street’s Winterval oblong table summit

Cowper’s Cut 288: All the sevens: 7.7 million RTT backlog; a £7 billion deficit - it’s a full house for 10 Downing Street’s Winterval oblong table summit

Another 100,000 join England's RTT waiting list, as yet another new month-on-month record high is hit Another
11 min read
Sep
10
Cowper’s Cut 287: Going to RAAC and ruin with an unexpected outbreak of Candour19

Cowper’s Cut 287: Going to RAAC and ruin with an unexpected outbreak of Candour19

Iron while the strike's hot New polling by Ipsos found that public support for the ongoing medical staff
11 min read
Sep
03
Cowper’s Cut 286: The Silly Season is over, as The Stupid Season begins

Cowper’s Cut 286: The Silly Season is over, as The Stupid Season begins

You know that the 'Silly Season' marking the end of August, and of what has passed for summer,
12 min read
Aug
27
Cowper's Cut 285: Stable doors and bolted horses

Cowper's Cut 285: Stable doors and bolted horses

Consultants strike; plan further strikes Intriguingly, this week's consultants strike attracted relatively little media coverage beyond a few
8 min read