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. A key part of this work is the Medical Practitioners Assurance Framework (MPAF), developed by IHPN to support strong clinical governance and consistent oversight of medical practitioners across the independent sector. The MPAF helps providers strengthen systems, improve quality and keep patient safety at the heart of care delivery.
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.
Blog
20/05/2024
The theme for this year’s event – the fifth of its kind – is around the “Culture of Care: Listening, Leading, Learning”. And over 120 members had the pleasure of hearing from a wide range of speakers from across the patient safety landscape, from clinicians and regulators to researchers and patients.
News
08/04/2024
IHPN responds to BBC's Panorama show looking at safety in private hospitals
News
05/02/2024
We've welcomed the publication today of The Times Health Commission's final report.
News
30/01/2024
New research shows that more independent hospitals are rated as “good” or “outstanding” than ever before, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic and the subsequent period of health system recovery.
News
17/01/2024
We’re releasing a new report which sets out four principles that have been developed to provide a focus for the assurance of Resident Doctors.
Blog
18/12/2023
David Hare writes how ophthalmology’s 15 per cent activity boost and reduced wait times exemplify NHS productivity, with the independent sector delivering 160 per cent more care
News
20/10/2023
Responding to the CQC’s State of Care report, David Hare, chief executive of IHPN, said: “We are encouraged that a relentless focus across the independent sector on improving quality and safety continues to show positive results.
News
12/09/2023
Dawn Hodgkins, director of regulation, Independent Healthcare Providers Network, has reacted to a damning report which highlights the terrible experience of female surgeons. Hodgkins said: “This report is deeply concerning, and lays bare the shocking extent to which female surgeons are being treated appallingly in their place of work."
Blog
08/09/2023
The trial of Lucy Letby, a former neonatal nurse who has been convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others, has sent shockwaves throughout the healthcare profession. IHPN's Director of Regulation, Dawn Hodgkins reflects on the immediate aftermath of the trial and what it means for the independent sector.
News
07/09/2023
The news that the UK will rejoin Horizon - one of the world's largest research and innovation programmes - will be warmly welcomed by the independent healthcare sector.