Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Dec
10
Cowper’s Cut 300: 3% pay offer sends junior doctors back to striking

Cowper’s Cut 300: 3% pay offer sends junior doctors back to striking

📢 STRIKE DATES ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Junior doctors in England to take further #PayRestoration industrial action. The first strike action will take place
10 min read
Dec
03
Cowper’s Cut 299: Will the Government’s 5% solution for consultants suffice?

Cowper’s Cut 299: Will the Government’s 5% solution for consultants suffice?

I’m old enough to remember PM Rishi ‘The Brand’ Sunak’s NHS pledge. Prime Minister outlines his five key
17 min read
Nov
26
Cowper’s Cut 298: Autumn Statement, winter gloom

Cowper’s Cut 298: Autumn Statement, winter gloom

This week’s PMQs saw Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer use all six of his questions on the NHS. As
12 min read
Nov
19
Cowper’s Cut 297 BankerExit: Steve Barclay removed as the NHS goes on the Atkins diet

Cowper’s Cut 297 BankerExit: Steve Barclay removed as the NHS goes on the Atkins diet

BankerExit The Rt Hon @SteveBarclay MP has been appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs @DefraGovUK pic.
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Nov
12
Cowper’s Cut 296: NHS England goes full Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy

Cowper’s Cut 296: NHS England goes full Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy

Readers of a certain age will recall Douglas Adams’ comedy classic ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’. On the
14 min read
Nov
05
Cowper’s Cut 295: The One About Alan’s Honesty And Probity

Cowper’s Cut 295: The One About Alan’s Honesty And Probity

Oh, great … I’m going to have to write about Alan. The legend that is Matt Hancock: the nation’s
12 min read
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?

When are 5,000 more NHS hospital beds actually 3,000 fewer NHS hospital beds? NHS hospital beds down by
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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
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