All articles by Noel Plumridge
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CommentThe harsh impact of competitive tendering
The Health Act pushes us closer to the costly US model
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HSJ KnowledgeShifting to a sustainable healthcare environment
The impact of climate change on healthcare
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CommentStill no change in NHS finance after Francis
The post-Francis world is still worringly ‘business as usual’
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CommentShould we worry about the health of NHS staff?
Noel Plumridge’s third dispatch from the stroke ward
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CommentCo-payments undermine the NHS's claim to be 'free'
NHS care is not “free at the point of delivery” for patients’ relatives
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CommentThe profitable prize behind pension reform
Radical changes to pensions enable the government’s goal for the NHS
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HSJ KnowledgeLiaison psychiatry can bridge the gap
A joint approach to managing physical and mental care is a prime example of integration
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CommentCroydon's finance crisis is not incredible
The £22m black hole is less mysterious given prevailing cultures
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CommentThere is a Plan B after all
Public sector employment could be part of the solution to our economic woes, argues Noel Plumridge
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the outsourcers' next big prize
The GP community was always divided about Andrew Lansley’s legislation
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CommentNoel Plumridge: welcome to unpopularity
This is the world of James Reilly, former GP and now Ireland’s health minister
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CommentPutting the quality back into QIPP
Pursuing value could be the right step towards transforming the NHS
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CommentThe long term care conundrum
Demand continues to rise so where does the accountability lie, asks Noel Plumridge
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the business of mental health
Delays to the planned mental health tariff will not surprise anyone in the field
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CommentNoel Plumridge: when risk assessment goes awry
How necessary monitoring is to avoid failure.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: twice the harm
Last week’s announcement that an administrator is to be appointed at South London Healthcare Trust, with all that follows under the National Health Service Act 2006, brings two immediate harmful effects. It’s sad indeed that both appear to have been encouraged and even praised.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the error of underspending
Doubts are being cast on whether austerity is automatically good.