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It announced in 2019 that NHS referrals had increased by 7.4% and it had benefited from an increase in NHS tariff prices. [13] Independent providers are represented by the Independent Healthcare Providers Network, which stresses the importance of patient choice. [14] In 2019 private hospitals carried out 526,000 elective procedures on NHS patients.
In London there was a 3% decline in revenue for the 25 private hospitals and clinics in 2017, because of fewer clients from the Middle East. Overseas patients coming to London are more likely to choose the 12 private patient units run by NHS hospital trusts and more likely to be looking for cancer treatment than orthopaedics. [6]
The surgery cost Claire more than £10,000 with a private consultant - the same one she is on a three-year waiting list to see through the NHS. "This was the last option, it was desperation," she ...
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The publication reveals that private hospitals were valued at £6.8bn, up from £1.9bn in 2003, and 75 per cent of revenue went to the five of the biggest providers.
The majority of the private hospital sector’s profit has come from NHS patients, with £2.13bn spent by the NHS in 2023 – equating to 13.3 per cent of the NHS’s total spend on mental health.
The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN), formerly known as the NHS Partners Network, is a representative body for independent sector healthcare providers in the United Kingdom. The body was formed in 2005 to provide a voice for private health companies, and was initially made up of organisations involved in the government's ...
Pressure was put on local GPs to refer patients to the centres, rather than to NHS hospitals, because the primary care trusts had to pay for activity whether or not it was used. [2] According to the NHS Partners Network , which represents private providers working within the health service, GP referral rates were rising in 2009 as patients ...