Simon Cook

How does the NHS tackle eight million missed appointments?

2 December 2024 10:55 pm

One of the perennial scapegoats of the NHS is the patient who doesn’t turn up for their GP appointment. The…

Why do so many private school students get extra time in exams?

9 November 2024 4:15 am

Are independent schools gaming the system to give a disproportionate advantage to their pupils in exams? That’s one possible inference…

Did lockdown make children overweight?

7 November 2024 10:58 pm

Every year, the government weighs and measures children in Reception (ages 4-5) and Year 6 (ages 10-11). The National Child…

Is staff sickness crippling the NHS?

2 November 2024 1:08 am

Some £22 billion of the £40 billion in tax rises the Chancellor announced this week will go straight to the…

Boosters give 88 per cent protection against hospitalisation

2 January 2022 2:34 am

The good news picture continues to build for Omicron. Late on New Year’s Eve, the UK Health Security Agency released…

Is Omicron now falling in South Africa?

21 December 2021 4:09 am

Man makes Covid predictionsand God laughs. Yet with the stakes this high in Britain, every bit of real-world data is…