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IHPN responds to 7.6m NHS waiting list
11/07/2024
IHPN responds to the latest NHS performance stats for May 2024
NHS recovery
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.
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The independent sector's contribution to NHS funded eyecare
10/07/2024
An overview of the independent sector's contribution to NHS funded eyecare
Reports
Building an NHS fit for the future: delivering the mission
10/07/2024
IHPN sets out four key ways that the Government can meet its manifesto commitment to maximise the capacity and capability of independent sector providers to improve NHS patients' access to care
News
IHPN responds to Labour Party Manifesto
13/06/2024
IHPN responds to the publication of the Labour Party's election manifesto
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IHPN responds to Conservative Party manifesto
11/06/2024
IHPN responds to the Conservative Party's manifesto
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IHPN responds to Conservative Party plans to boost community health services
01/06/2024
IHPN responds to the Conservative Party's plan's to boost community health services
Blog
Patient choice: a new start
17/05/2024
It was in May 2023 that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced what amounted to a reinvigorated patient choice policy, linking the ability of patients to choose the provider of their care to bolster efforts to tackle NHS waiting lists
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IHPN responds to Government announcement on expansion of patient choice
15/05/2024
IHPN respond to the Government's announcement to expand patient choice to community health services
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IHPN responds to latest NHS performance stats
09/05/2024
“The independent sector remains ready and able to treat even more NHS patients than it currently does. It’s therefore vital that local areas make use of all available capacity in independent providers – including making sure NHS patients are aware of their “right to choose” to be treated in an independent hospital – so that patients can access the care they so desperately need.”
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IHPN publishes quarterly data update on NHS activity
29/04/2024
All the data is taken from datasets collected and published by NHS England, and we have used that data and extracted the information that relates to independent sector providers including hospitals and clinics across England.
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IHPN responds to latest NHS performance stats
12/04/2024
While we continue to see some modest improvements in the waiting list situation, the sheer number of people on waiting lists is still unacceptably high, with many hundreds of thousands of people unable to work and live fulfilling lives.
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IHPN responds to latest British Social Attitudes Survey on NHS
27/03/2024
IHPN responds to latest British Social Attitudes Survey on the NHS