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Could workplace healthcare schemes become part of the answer to getting Britain working again?

28/07/2026

Could workplace healthcare schemes help tackle economic inactivity? As employers play a greater role in supporting workforce health, workplace healthcare is becoming more than just an employee benefit. This blog explores how employer-funded healthcare, mutual schemes and partnerships with independent healthcare providers could help people stay in work, return to work sooner and reduce pressure on the NHS.

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New IHPN report: Building Better Neurodevelopmental Services

20/07/2026

With independent providers now delivering over 50% of NHS-funded ADHD assessments and 1 in 3 of all NHS Autism assessments, IHPN are pleased to share with you our new report – “Building Better Neurodevelopmental Services”. This report looks at the role independent providers currently play in delivery of NHS-funded ADHD and Autism services; as well as the key challenges faced by patients in accessing high quality services.

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Before Patient Power Payments: fixing the foundations of patient choice

15/07/2026

In a guest blog for IHPN, Olli Potter - Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Picker Group - looks at the recent Government proposals to pilot Patient Power Payments (PPPs) and argues that the foundations of patient choice must be fixed if PPPs are to make a meaningful difference.

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IHPN responds to latest NHS performance figures

09/07/2026

“Today’s figures showing a small rise in NHS waiting lists demonstrates what a steep mountain there is to climb if the health service is to meet its target for 92% of patients to receive treatment within 18 weeks by 2029.

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The NHS Ten Year Plan at One: Progress, Promise and Priorities

06/07/2026

IHPN's Head of Policy (Primary, Community, and Diagnostic care) Joshua Edwards looks at the progress of the NHS's Ten-Year Plan progress one year since its launch, and how it's tracking towards the intended three shifts in the healthcare system: To move care out of hospitals, to drive digitisation and use of technology, and to emphasise prevention over treatment.

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GPs support patient choice – but NHS systems are making it difficult to deliver, new report finds

17/06/2026

IHPN's latest report shows that while GPs overwhelmingly support the principle of giving patients a choice of where they receive their NHS treatment, NHS referral systems and administrative barriers are making it difficult to deliver consistently in practice

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IHPN responds to record NHS community waiting lists

11/06/2026

IHPN responds to the latest NHS performance figures showing record waiting lists for NHS community services

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IHPN announces recruitment for new Director of Regulation

29/05/2026

IHPN, the membership body for independent healthcare providers across the UK, has announced that it is recruiting for a new Director of Regulation, following news that its current Director, Dawn Hodgkins, will leave the organisation in the autumn.

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“Patients, Progression and Pace: new report reveals why staff choose independent healthcare

28/05/2026

The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has today published a new report that paints a picture of an independent sector workforce with a strong sense of pride in providing personalised care, developing their careers and helping shape services.

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Insourcing - the unsung hero of the NHS elective recovery

26/05/2026

IHPN's Head of Acute Policy John Hopgood looks at the role insourcing has played in the NHS' elective recovery and what more can be done to help NHS Trusts make full use of insourcing provision to treat even more patients safely, effectively and efficiently.

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IHPN welcomes new GIRFT guidance to improve glaucoma care and reduce avoidable sight loss

21/05/2026

The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) welcome new best practice guidance from NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme aimed at improving glaucoma care and reducing the risk of avoidable sight loss.

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IHPN responds to NHS hitting its interim target for 65% of patients to be treated within 18 weeks

14/05/2026

IHPN responds to the latest NHS performance figures showing that the NHS has met its interim target for 65% of patients to be treated within 18 weeks

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