News
IHPN responds to Dr Dash's final report into the CQC
15/10/2024
IHPN responds to Dr Penny Dash's final report into the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
Patient safety and quality
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.
Blog
Reflections on World Patient Safety Day - “Improving diagnosis for patient safety”
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
IHPN responds to interim report on CQC effectiveness
26/07/2024
IHPN responds to Dr Penny Dash's interim report into the effectiveness of the CQC
Blog
Strength in numbers - MDT working in the independent sector
19/06/2024
Read IHPN's Dawn Hodgkins blog on our new tookit on Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) working
Reports
Multidisciplinary Team Working
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
New toolkit launched to support multi-disciplinary team working in the independent health sector
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
Listening, Leading and Learning – reflecting on IHPN & CQC’s joint Patient Safety Conference
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
IHPN response to Panorama programme on safety in private hospitals
08/04/2024
IHPN responds to BBC's Panorama show looking at safety in private hospitals
News
Times Commission report welcomed
05/02/2024
We've welcomed the publication today of The Times Health Commission's final report.
News
Sector quality and safety at new high says report
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
IHPN releases new report for assurance of Resident Doctors
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
NHS productivity – does ophthalmology have an answer?
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