Delivering safe, high quality patient care is the number one priority for all independent healthcare providers. IHPN plays a leading role in engaging with the NHS, healthcare regulators and medical royal colleges to ensure a “whole systems” approach is taken to safety and quality so that our members can provide the best care for patients.
News
13/03/2026
PSIRF is now mandatory for NHS bodies and providers operating under the NHS Standard Contract and here at IHPN we have done a significant amount of work with our members to support them in transitioning to this new way of looking at patient safety incidents. Three years on from its initial implementation what have we learned?
Briefings
28/10/2025
Read IHPN's member briefing on the CQC's recent consultation on proposals to evolve and improve their approach to assessing and rating health and care providers.
News
07/07/2025
IHPN responds to Dr Penny Dash's final report following her review into the patient safety landscape
Blog
21/02/2025
With 2025 well underway, I’m excited to lead a range of initiatives that aim to strengthen the safety culture within healthcare, enhance governance practices, and help our members navigate the evolving healthcare landscape.
News
20/02/2025
The proportion of independent healthcare providers rated “good” or “outstanding” has hit the highest ever level as the sector continues to treat record levels of both NHS and private patients.
Blog
04/02/2025
To mark World Cancer Day, IHPN's Dawn Hodgkins shines a light on how independent providers are working to upport both NHS and private patients through the diagnosis, treatment and wider research about this most devastating of diseases.
News
15/10/2024
IHPN responds to Dr Penny Dash's final report into the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
Blog
17/09/2024
IHPN's Director of Regulation, Dawn Hodgkins, looks reflects on World Patient Safety Day 2024 how the independent sector is "Improving diagnosis for patient safety"
News
26/07/2024
IHPN responds to Dr Penny Dash's interim report into the effectiveness of the CQC
Blog
19/06/2024
Read IHPN's Dawn Hodgkins blog on our new tookit on Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) working
Reports
18/06/2024
This new toolkit has been launched to support independent healthcare providers to further improve multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working in the sector, setting out the latest best practice and innovations from across the healthcare system.
News
18/06/2024
A new toolkit has been launched by the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) to support independent healthcare providers to further improve multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working in the sector, setting out the latest best practice and innovations from across the healthcare system.