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IHPN responds to rise in NHS waiting lists
10/09/2026
IHPN responds to the latest NHS performance figures showing waiting lists at their highest levels since last Winter
NHS Partnerships
Independent healthcare providers have long played a key role in the delivering high quality NHS services, free at the point of use. As the health service continues to evolve and meet the growing needs of the public, the independent sector will continue to support the NHS and ensure patients can access the care they need.
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IHPN responds to calls to address the significant increase in spending on ADHD services
28/08/2026
IHPN responds to calls to address the significant increase in spending on ADHD services
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NHS Electives Insight July 2026
23/07/2026
IHPN's Head of Acute Policy, John Hopgood, looks at the testing position the new Health Secretary finds herself in, and lays out how sustained progress towards the 18-week target will depend on increasing activity, removing barriers to patient choice, and making full use of available independent-sector capacity.
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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's new report – “Building Better Neurodevelopmental Services” looks at 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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The Choice Gap
11/06/2026
IHPN's new report looks at new polling on GP attitudes to patient choice and calls for clearer accountability, simpler referral pathways, better information for clinicians and patients, and stronger measures to ensure choice is routinely embedded throughout the patient pathway.
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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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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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Insourcing
26/05/2026
Read IHPN's new explainer on what insourcing is and how it's helping the NHS recovery