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 moves towards recovery post-covid, the independent sector will continue to support the NHS and ensure patients can access the care they need.
News
29/01/2026
With NHS community health services facing years of under-investment and entrenched waiting times, a new report from the independent healthcare sector calls for providers to be brought in urgently to help patients access timely care.
Blog
15/01/2026
IHPN's Senior Policy Advisor, Sean Phillips, sheds light on independent sector provision of NHS ADHD services in light of recent media coverage.
News
15/01/2026
IHPN responds to the latest NHS performance figures showing the NHS waiting list fell by 86,000 in November
News
25/11/2025
"We strongly welcome the Government's announcement of 250 Neighbourhood Health Centres which they have made clear will involve public and private sectors working together in the best interests of NHS patients.
News
20/11/2025
Read IHPN's latest report with Future Health looking at how greater private investment and partnership with the independent healthcare sector will be “essential” to the implementation of the Government’s 10 Year Plan for Health as well as their drive to reduce NHS waiting times.
News
13/11/2025
While a small drop in NHS waiting lists is of course positive, today’s figures make clear that significantly more progress needs to be made if the NHS is to reduce waiting lists by 1 million each year
News
07/11/2025
IHPN responds to the independent ADHD taskforce report
Pages
29/10/2025
Read IHPN's latest analysis of NHS waiting times and how much patients can cut their wait for treatment by exercising their patient choice rights
Pages
27/10/2025
Read IHPN's latest analysis of NHS activity delivered by the independent sector
News
14/08/2025
IHPN will continue to work with the NHS and Government to ensure the principles contained in the recent NHS and independent sector partnership agreement launched by the Prime Minister are fully embedded – enabling patients to have a greater choice over their care so they can get the treatment they need, when they need it
News
10/07/2025
It is clearly welcome news that NHS waiting lists fell again in May, and it will be vital that this improvement is sustained if the system is to achieve the 1 million+ annual reductions that NHS England has said is required to meet the 18-week target once again by the end of this Parliament.
News
03/07/2025
IHPN responds to the publication of the Government's 10 Year Plan for Health