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Date of publication: 12th Sep 2019
Categories: Latest news
Responding to a new study in the Lancet Oncology that cancer survival rates in Britain are worse than those in other high income countries, David Hare, Chief Executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network, said: “While it’s encouraging that cancer survival rates are continuing to improve in the UK, this latest study from the Lancet contains some sobering figures, highlighting just how much more needs to be done to ensure cancer patients can access get the best possible diagnosis and...
Date of publication: 3rd Sep 2019
Categories: Blogs
Supporting Foreign Nursing Staff in the New Job: Tips for Employers on How to Best Organise the First Weeks by Sandra Jelew, Coach for Intercultural Competence, Business Development & Partnerships Care With Care A new language, foreign culture, different working style, new tasks and responsibilities, maybe even a different climate, new time zone, and often limited contact with one’s own family and friends: For every foreign nurse a job in a UK hospital or retirement home means many life changes at...
Date of publication: 27th Aug 2019
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The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has launched a call for organisations to register their interest in developing a new Consultant Information Sharing System (CISS) to create a definitive record for doctors working in the independent health sector. IHPN, which represents independent providers of both NHS and privately funded healthcare, are seeking to create for the first time a secure online digital platform that will allow healthcare providers to share information about consultants in the interest of patient safety. It...
Date of publication: 9th Aug 2019
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Around one in six households in England are likely to contain someone who is waiting for an NHS operation, according to new analysis. New NHS data shows there were 4.4 million patients waiting to start treatment at the end of June, a 4.6% rise from the previous June and up more than a fifth since 2016. The Independent Healthcare Providers Network used council tax data, showing that there are 24,193,880 council tax properties in England, to work out how many...
Date of publication: 1st Aug 2019
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Supporting the NHS on its decade-long journey towards an integrated health and care system, as well as delivering extra investment for new buildings and infrastructure, social care and addressing major gaps in NHS staffing, should be at the top of the new Prime Minister’s priority list. That is the call today from the NHS Confederation in a letter and briefing to the Prime Minister. The NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, says there is much ‘unfinished business’...
Date of publication: 25th Jul 2019
Categories: Independent Healthcare Voices
Better jokes but worse hair. We know some of the consequences of a Boris Johnson led government for sure. But what can we say about what the new government means for independent sector healthcare providers asks IHPN's Policy Director, David Furness. The fundamentals haven’t shifted Brexit will make or break this government’s domestic agenda. Theresa May’s domestic ambitions were ultimately broken on the wheel of Brexit. Parliamentary arithmetic means that legislation across government has effectively ground to a halt –...
Date of publication: 25th Jul 2019
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As part of their work to improve consistency around effective clinical governance for medical practitioners across the independent sector and to raise the bar in medical leadership, IHPN are looking for feedback from independent healthcare providers on their forthcoming Medical Practitioners Assurance Framework (MPAF) due to be launched this autumn at IHPN’s Annual Summit on 23 October. The framework, developed under the Chairmanship of former National Medical Director at NHS England, Sir Bruce Keogh, with expert input from a balance...
Date of publication: 23rd Jul 2019
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Responding to the publication of the Government's Green Paper on health prevention, David Hare, Chief Executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network, said: “We welcome today’s prevention green paper which rightly makes the case for having a greater focus on predicting and preventing poor health and, crucially, putting people back in charge of their own health. “The independent health sector already plays a significant role in delivering person-centred preventative care which makes a real difference to people’s lives. From delivering...
Date of publication: 11th Jul 2019
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In response to today’s NHS England performance figures, David Hare, Chief Executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network, said: “Today’s NHS performance figures paint yet another bleak picture of patients’ ever worsening access to vital treatment, with the number of patients waiting over the 18wk target for care rising by almost 20% in just one year. “The Government and NHSE-I must now heed the clear warnings expressed by patients, providers and in the recent Public Accounts Committee report, and urgently...
Date of publication: 2nd Jul 2019
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In response to the publication of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy, Dr Howard Freeman, Clinical Director of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network, said: "Safety is the number one priority for independent healthcare providers and we welcome today’s NHS Patient Safety Strategy which makes a clear commitment to ensuring the whole healthcare system, including the independent sector, is involved in moving the patient safety agenda forward. "As the report highlights, better aligning patient safety standards and the sharing of data between the two...