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.
Blog
26/09/2022
IHPN's refreshed Medical Practitioners Assurance Framework (MPAF) aims to foster a more standardised approach to medical governance in the independent sector and drive even further improvements in safety and quality.
Blog
25/08/2022
IHPN Commercial Associate, Practicus, look at what the NHS' new Patient Safety Incident Repsonse Framework (PSIRF) will mean for healthcare organisations
Blog
29/04/2022
IHPN's Kelly Marsh looks at the recently published Ockenden Report and Paterson inquiry report and the importance of healthcare staff speaking up for safer care
News
06/04/2022
Independent healthcare providers have seen a greater improvement in the “speaking up” culture in their organisation over the last year compared with other parts of the healthcare sector, according to the latest report from the National Guardian’s Office (NGO).
News
15/03/2022
IHPN responds to the publication of new data from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) on serious injuries
Blog
02/03/2022
IHPN’s Director of Regulation, Dawn Hodgkins, reflects on her role on an independent expert panel which advised the Government on introducing a ban on hymenoplasty
Blog
16/02/2022
Six months on from our 2021 Industry Barometer, IHPN's Danielle Henry takes another look at what the Barometer told us and what has changed, if anything, since then.
Reports
21/12/2021
This report looks at how NHS and independent sector providers worked together during the pandemic to deliver safe, high quality patient care and how local regions and integrated care systems can build on this collaborative working going forward.
News
16/12/2021
IHPN responds to the publication of the Government’s response to the Paterson inquiry
News
07/12/2021
IHPN have announced it will be launching a “refresh” of its Medical Practitioners Assurance Framework (MPAF) to further improve the safety and quality of care independent providers deliver to patients.
News
28/10/2021
IHPN responds to the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch’s (HSIB) report into the shared care of surgical patients between NHS and private hospitals
News
22/10/2021
IHPN responds to the publication of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) State of Care report