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Aug
27
Cowper's Cut 285: Stable doors and bolted horses

Cowper's Cut 285: Stable doors and bolted horses

Consultants strike; plan further strikes Intriguingly, this week's consultants strike attracted relatively little media coverage beyond a few
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Aug
25
What's in a name? The anonymity of most HSJ comments reveals a closed, fearful NHS management culture

What's in a name? The anonymity of most HSJ comments reveals a closed, fearful NHS management culture

David Oliver is an experienced NHS consultant who has played a variety of local and national medical leadership roles, and
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Aug
20
Cowper’s Cut 284: Another triumphant 'Health Week'

Cowper’s Cut 284: Another triumphant 'Health Week'

NEW @IpsosUK Issues Index for August With wildfires and extreme heat in the news, concern about climate change and the
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Aug
13
Cowper’s Cut 283: Towards ‘Health Week’, with the intriguing, baffled-looking Banker

Cowper’s Cut 283: Towards ‘Health Week’, with the intriguing, baffled-looking Banker

As dull people go, the perenially baffled-looking Secretary Of State For Worrying About The Reshuffle Steve 'The Banker'
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Aug
06
Cowper’s Cut 282: A PM who can’t count and an NHS England who can’t lead

Cowper’s Cut 282: A PM who can’t count and an NHS England who can’t lead

The PM gets his sums wrong For an ex-Goldman Sachs type, former Chancellor and would-be Master Of the Universe, PM
14 min read
Jul
30
Cowper's Cut 281: NHS England’s fictional winter planning

Cowper's Cut 281: NHS England’s fictional winter planning

NHS England's absolutely fabulous winter plan NHS England briefed the media that they have a plan for winter.
18 min read
Jul
23
Cowper’s Cut 280: “There will be no more talks on pay”. Oh yes there will!

Cowper’s Cut 280: “There will be no more talks on pay”. Oh yes there will!

Pantomime Season has come unseasonably early in 2023. "There will be no more talks on pay!" "Oh
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Jul
16
Cowper’s Cut 279: The unfunded pay rise, fictional "reprioritisation and greater efficiency" and the PM’s humiliation kink for the BMA

Cowper’s Cut 279: The unfunded pay rise, fictional "reprioritisation and greater efficiency" and the PM’s humiliation kink for the BMA

Public getting more and more pessimistic on direction of Britain - no post pandemic recovery...... #changelectioncoming pic.twitter.com/GkscSPEs9C
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Jul
09
Cowper's Cut 278: Dido's lament - "The fish rots from the head, so it does matter the way political leaders talk about our health and care system, because they set the climate"

Cowper's Cut 278: Dido's lament - "The fish rots from the head, so it does matter the way political leaders talk about our health and care system, because they set the climate"

It's bizarre to see PM Rishi 'The Brand' Sunak shilling the success of the 'I
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Jul
02
Cowper’s Cut 277: The NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan: trolling as public policy?

Cowper’s Cut 277: The NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan: trolling as public policy?

The NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan: important in theory, uncertain and unclear in practice It's arrived. Better late than
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