Andy Cowper
Editor, Health Policy Insight; contributing editor & columnist, HSJ. "The Nicole Kidman of health policy" (Simon Stevens). "Childish abuse" (Andrew Lansley).
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Have ministers really thought through their back to school strategy? | The Spectator
There's something rather ominous about a government minister waving around the results of a yet-to-be-published study to underline that they've definitely got a tricky policy nailed down. Over the weekend, we saw the Prime Minister and Education...
Chaos as private sector takes over mobile Covid testing from the military
EXCLUSIVE: Last week new privately-contracted units twice failed to show up in Oldham and it took five days to secure appropriate testing at Manchester’s Royal Mail depot. Jen Williams investigates.
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Mobile units turn up late - and sometimes not at all as testing in Greater Manchester descends into chaos after being taken off the army and given to private sector - Manchester Evening News
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PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain
The Long Read: An extraordinary number of Britain’s elite studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford. But does it produce an out-of-touch ruling class?
Cowper’s Cut: Dido joins the war on reality
Andy Cowper tracks the reality on NHS' test and trace performance and the government's attempt to shadow it.
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"What about Baroness Harding’s relevant health or social care experience to become chair of the economic regulator?
Easily summarised: she had none whatsoever."
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"By and large, health policy commentary makes very little to no tangible difference: it is remarkable to have actually tangibly affected a decision."
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Matt Hancock is blamed for early failings of Cobra meetings
Friends of Mr Hancock have pushed back at these accusations, but plans have already been sketched out for an independent minister to chair the committee in the future.
The Cummings effect: study finds public faith was lost after aide's trip
Confidence in government fell significantly after news of Durham stay, research says
NHS Test and Trace statistics (England): 23 July to 29 July 2020
Experimental statistics for weeks 1 to 9 of NHS Test and Trace contact tracing in England.
The Week in Public Services 6th August 2020
This week: How fit public services were for coronavirus, Scottish exams controversy, and local test and trace schemes
Behavioural Economics on a Post-It
The COVID-19 lockdown has rapidly and radically changed academic life, disrupting the normal patterns of teaching and research that define the university. In this post, Adam Oliver reflects on how …
Hancock’s performance to be given a ‘CQC-style’ rating
The parliamentary committee led by Jeremy Hunt will subject health ministers to a "CQC style ratings system", as part of a new way of scrutinising the Department of Health and Social Care.
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Can’t help wondering if this interesting idea from @Jeremy_Hunt hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe… derives from the first question in this interview: hsj.co.uk/comment/the-be…
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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions on Gatherings) (North of England) Regulations 2020
These Regulations impose restrictions on gatherings of two or more persons in private dwellings in a protected area in the North of England, and impose restrictions on other gatherings of more than 30 people in that area. They also impose...
Cowper’s Cut: The future of Matt ‘who, me, guv?’ Hancock
Andy Cowper's insights on Hancock's most remarkable speech featuring "seven lessons" for the NHS and the "future of healthcare"
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Cowper’s Cut: The future of Matt ‘who, me, guv?’ Hancock < my latest column for @HSJnews
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Len McCluskey praised by Labour MPs for ordering Unite funding review
Exclusive: Unite leader disagreed with Labour paying damages to antisemitism whistleblowers
Secrecy has harmed UK government's response to Covid-19 crisis, says top scientist
Exclusive: Sir Paul Nurse says lack of openness fuelled poor decisions and put public trust at risk
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Secrecy has harmed UK government's response to Covid-19 crisis, says top scientist | Coronavirus outbreak | The Guardian < important
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Dinner for one? Shielding, guests and coronavirus. - Jackie Cassell
Today, everything changes for the two million or so people in the UK who have been shielding. Shielders can now visit other households on the same basis as everyone else. But they’re still advised to be careful about the number of people they come...
From blockbuster to “nichebuster”: how a flawed legislation helped create a new profit model for the drug industry
Twenty years ago, the EU passed a law to motivate the drug industry to develop medicines for rare diseases. But a system intended to help patients with neglected maladies primarily turned into a corporate cash machine. Daan Marselis and Lucien...
CEO says lives were lost as he was ‘leant on’ to delay covid restrictions
A trust chief says he was "leant on from a big height" to delay visiting restrictions at the start of the coronavirus pandemic - a decision which he believes could have cost 25 lives.