Core services across independent healthcare

As well as looking at overall ratings, we can consider ratings awarded to core services.

The number of core services with ratings for organisations classed as independent by the CQC is shown below:

Inspection Category	Core Services
Acute hospital – Independent non-specialist	980
Acute hospital – Independent specialist	557
Mental health – community & hospital – independent	351
Community health – NHS & Independent	133
Hospice services	127
Community substance misuse	115
Residential substance misuse	83
Independent consulting doctors	63
Remote clinical advice	3
Ambulance service	2
Prison Healthcare	2
Community based adult social care services	1
Urgent care services & mobile doctors	1
Unspecified	1

We can gain insights into the type and quality of care provided by the sector when focusing on those areas represented by IHPN[1]. The plot below shows the top core services by independent providers with ratings by the CQC.

The plot below shows how these ratings have improved, with the proportion of services rated good or outstanding rising from about 75% in 2018 to over 89% today:

[1] Acute services – non hospital, acute hospital – independent non-specialist, acute hospital – independent specialist, community health and independent consulting doctors