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Mar
13
Cowper's Cut 260: Unsurprising numbers, as The Banker raises the BMA

Cowper's Cut 260: Unsurprising numbers, as The Banker raises the BMA

Financial reality is always the order of the day for the NHS in March. The final month of the financial
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Mar
05
Cowper’s Cut 259: The illusion of control

Cowper’s Cut 259: The illusion of control

"There is no version of reality whereby "several million people will receive the vaccine before Christmas" so
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Feb
27
Cowper's Cut 258: The Government’s revealed “intensive” NHS pay strategy - blinking

Cowper's Cut 258: The Government’s revealed “intensive” NHS pay strategy - blinking

Improved UK public sector finances (against forecast) reported by the Office for National Statistics may have given Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
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Feb
19
Cowper's Cut 257: From love in an escalator to the brown stuff

Cowper's Cut 257: From love in an escalator to the brown stuff

Well, I did say in last week's 'Cut' that the RCN needed to work out how
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Feb
12
Cowper’s Cut 256: Everything you know may be wrong

Cowper’s Cut 256: Everything you know may be wrong

Could negotiations on nurses pay look at this year as well as next year? @JustinOnWeb asks Maria Caulfield, Health Minister
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Feb
06
Cowper’s Cut 255: The work of mechanical reproduction in the age of art

Cowper’s Cut 255: The work of mechanical reproduction in the age of art

"I would love – nothing would give me more pleasure – than to wave a magic wand and have all of
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Jan
30
Cowper’s Cut 254: 'Health Week III: This Time, It's Personnel'

Cowper’s Cut 254: 'Health Week III: This Time, It's Personnel'

"There are people dying because they cannot get scans." Singer @RodStewart offers to fund scans for a number
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Jan
23
Cowper’s Cut 253: Ironing out a pay U-turn while the strikes are hot!

Cowper’s Cut 253: Ironing out a pay U-turn while the strikes are hot!

The Banker channels his inner Mandy Rice-Davies To add to our national joy during a renewed cold snap in this
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Jan
16
Cowper’s Cut 252: The Year Of Humpty-Dumpty and Micawber

Cowper’s Cut 252: The Year Of Humpty-Dumpty and Micawber

‌‌I've been trying to understand the Government's health and care strategy for some time, and frankly,
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Jan
09
Cowper’s Cut 251: Just like déja vu, all over again - Karl trumps Groucho

Cowper’s Cut 251: Just like déja vu, all over again - Karl trumps Groucho

"Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it
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