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Dec
24
An NHS Christmas Carol

An NHS Christmas Carol

By Craig Nikolic Our tale begins with a bitter and unhappy NHS senior manager, wondering about another year where nothing
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Dec
22
Cowper’s Cut 354: Will the real Wes Streeting please stand up?

Cowper’s Cut 354: Will the real Wes Streeting please stand up?

Health But Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting is a man in a hurry. This is true both literally (in his
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Dec
15
Cowper’s Cut 353: Into winter

Cowper’s Cut 353: Into winter

Having spent most of last week’s column writing about Labour’s evident lack of a health policy that confronts
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Dec
08
Cowper’s Cut 352: From measurable milestones to millstones

Cowper’s Cut 352: From measurable milestones to millstones

I tell myself the story that I don’t like to be more unpleasant than is strictly necessary. I also
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Dec
01
Cowper’s Cut 351: Inflation in the price of financial lying

Cowper’s Cut 351: Inflation in the price of financial lying

Cowper’s Cut: The price of financial lyingThe NHS will have to pay the price for cultivating a culture of
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Nov
24
Cowper’s Cut 350: Hancock - “The NHS was legally independent: I ended that independence.”

Cowper’s Cut 350: Hancock - “The NHS was legally independent: I ended that independence.”

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Nov
17
Cowper’s Cut 349: Half-a-league-table, half-a-league table, half-a-league table onward!

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
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Nov
10
Cowper’s Cut 348: Truth or Consequences

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
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Nov
03
Cowper’s Cut 347: Let’s Twist again with The Woman In Black

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.
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Oct
27
Cowper’s Cut 346: Why the NHS NatChat shows that the Government’s health policy is missing

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’
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