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Private healthcare services are normally provided as a top-up for NHS services (free of charge) or funded by employers through medical insurance as part of a benefits package to employees. Most private care is for specialist referrals from the NHS. Private healthcare has cut waiting times for some patients. [1]
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.
The NHS will pay for treatment in a private setting if the hospital meets the cost and service criteria that NHS hospitals adhere to. Otherwise opting for a private hospital makes the patient liable for private hospital fees. Because the private sector often has higher costs, most people choose to be treated for free in an NHS hospital.
"We have spent £2,000 having to see the same [gynaecology] consultant privately," says Amy, who has used the private appointments to secure a referral to the NHS for surgery. "My consultant has ...
The largest private providers are Spire Healthcare and Circle Healthcare Group, estimated to have a turnover of £1.3bn and £1.18bn respectively in 2023, while HCA Healthcare was just behind on ...
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 ...
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 ...