Cowper’s Cut 326: D-Day (as in debate) offers little clarity
Vote Labour, get strikes.
Keir Starmer would hand the economy over to unions, bringing mass disruption on a daily basis.
Cowper’s Cut 325: NHS England’s financial recovery plan, and other fictions
It’s been a long first full week of the 2024 General Election campaign. Both of the main Westminster parties
Cowper’s Cut 324: Things Can Only Get Wetter
Considering the millions spent creating the high-spec TV studio within Downing Street, one must have a heart of stone not
Cowper’s Cut 323: “Efficiency our motto, by which we proudly stand”
The future isn’t what it used to be
NEW: NHS spending has risen more slowly than planned at the
Cowper’s Cut 322: Sugar tax for Streeting’s waffle
Sugar tax for Streeting
Workforce and winter under Labour: Wes Streeting on his plan for the NHS and ending the
Cowper’s Cut 321: Not the end of NHS targets, nor of their support chassis
Health Service Journal’s editor Alastair McLellan was the man who, back in 2017, thought I could write a weekly
Cowper’s Cut 320: Poulter(zeit)geist
Poltergeists are annoying ghosts who go around trashing things and causing destruction. Any resemblance to erstwhile (sub-)prime ministers Boris
Cowper’s Cut 319: The Great British Health Irrelevance-Off widens scope with PM Sunak’s face-off against Bob the whippet, as The Next Big Screw-Up emerges
The reverse ferret
We are very pleased with the decision taken by NHS England to extend our service provision for
Cowper’s Cut 318: The Great Atkins-NHSE Stupid-Off accelerates; Wes Streeting, Wicker Man, opines
For several years, we’ve had few causes of cheer in the politics and policy of the English NHS. Over
Cowper’s Cut 317: The Stylistic Victoria Atkins
I want to make our NHS faster, simpler and fairer whilst ensuring you feel like you have a voice in
