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Past articles by Andy:
Cowper’s Cut: “Tens of thousands of people died who didn’t need to die”
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week. → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: The Emperor’s New PPE
Andy Cowper gives a lowdown on the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic right from making difficult choices to its political communications → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: What hope sounds like
With increasing political populism seen at its apex in Brexit and amidst the consequence-free political lying, a round of applause is maybe what hope sounds like. Writes Andy Cowper. → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: No more heroes
Andy Cowper explains how individual heroism by front-line colleagues is not going to aid in this time of crisis where covid19 is going to alter the NHS significantly and enduringly. → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: Why fear, risk and trust are key to beating coronavirus
Hello again. I hope the resumption of ‘Cowper’s Cut’ finds you well, and planning your best to stay that way, and of course, to keep your teams well too. → Read More
The Bedpan: The Tories ‘aren’t stupid enough’ to privatise the NHS
This week: Centre for Policy Studies chief executive Robert Colvile → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: End of a century
Andy Cowper on the lack of mandate, workforce plan, capital/maintenance plan and social care plan in healthcare → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: Mandate: born unto trouble as the sparks fly upwards
The DHSC's failure to publish the mandate for NHS England for 2019-20 on time is an act of avoidable disrespect, says Andy Cowper → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: But Social Care
Social care lies low on the political funding priority and public sympathy radar, with social care funding having acquired the totemic status of a black hole, says Andy Cowper → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: The price of financial lying
The NHS will have to pay the price for cultivating a culture of financial lying and cheating and incentivising the wrong things, warns Andy Cowper → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: The taper tax
Andy Cowper discusses the issue of the taper tax on pension contributions → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: Workforcing the issue
Andy Cowper on workforce as the biggest issue facing the NHS currently → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: On Matt Hancock, bullshitting and lying
Matt Hancock symbolises the slippery slope from bullshit to lies, down which it has become acceptable for our politicians to slide, observes Andy Cowper → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: Towards balance, financial and otherwise
Trying to get the balance right between pessimism about the real problems and due optimism about the achievements of parts of the health service matters, says Andy Cowper → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: Why Ian Dalton and Matthew Swindells really got the bullet
Andy Cowper discusses the recent appointment of Simon Stevens as the chief of both NHS Improvement and England → Read More
Why Ian Dalton and Matthew Swindells really got the bullet
Andy Cowper discusses the recent appointment of Simon Stevens as the chief of both NHS Improvement and England → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: Hurdling the open door
Andy Cowper anticipates some fine entertainment ahead as Matt Hancock tries to hurdle an open revolving door → Read More
Cowper’s Cut:Tesco, Disneyfication and avoiding the real problems
Instead of stating the real problems facing the NHS, two leading figures are Disneyfying the problems and missing the point, rues Andy Cowper → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: Which is the justice and which the thief?
To understand the NHS, we need to understand the issue of money and power, says Andy Cowper → Read More
Cowper’s Cut: What works in networks?
The NHS long term plan says networks are going to offer solutions to many of the NHS’ problems but the NHS is a hierarchy and bureaucracy and a hierarchy, bureaucracy and networks are not organic bedfellows, notes Andy Cowper → Read More