Nov
24
Cowper’s Cut 350: Hancock - “The NHS was legally independent: I ended that independence.”
9 min read
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Nov
17
Cowper’s Cut 349: Half-a-league-table, half-a-league table, half-a-league table onward!
“Half-a-league-table, half-a-league-table,
Half-a-league-table onward!
All in the valley of career death
Rode the six hundred.”
Secretary Of State For Health
14 min read
Nov
10
Cowper’s Cut 348: Truth or Consequences
I know I’ve written this line before, but it remains true that you can always tell when things are
13 min read
Nov
03
Cowper’s Cut 347: Let’s Twist again with The Woman In Black
I’m not saying that the English NHS has a limited repertoire of dance moves.
OK: I am saying that.
9 min read
Oct
27
Cowper’s Cut 346: Why the NHS NatChat shows that the Government’s health policy is missing
Few things say ‘we haven’t actually got a plan’ quite as fulsomely as the launch of a ‘National Conversation’
7 min read
Oct
20
Cowper’s Cut 345: “Oh, reason not the demand!”
‘King Lear’ is not one of the worst of Shakespeare’s tragedies. As the King begins to regret dividing and
12 min read
Oct
13
Cowper’s Cut 344: The Eras Tour
Simon Stevens-era NHS England take over 10 Downing Street
“Nin Pandit, the director of the Downing Street policy unit, has
11 min read
Oct
06
Cowper’s Cut 343: ‘And is there money still for tea?’
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as Rupert Brooke’s past-fest poem ‘The Old Vicarage, Grantchester’ proves with
11 min read
Sep
29
Cowper’s Cut 342: ‘And then, A Miracle happens!’
Two important and interesting things were said about the biggest problem facing the management, politics and policy of the English
16 min read
Sep
22
Cowper’s Cut 341: Wes Streeting, Swiftie and Motörhead-head
Resident doctors settle for offer over pay
It may not be everything they requested, but it’s a big step
11 min read