Doctor | Health Informatics | GMC Registered with Licence to Practice 🏳️🌈
Really great roundtable discussion chaired by LaingBuisson on 'Private Healthcare Post-Election: Navigating Changes' with panellists including Hannah Farrar from CF, David Hare MBE from Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) and Justin Ash from Spire. 📈 Waiting lists: With waiting lists announced to have increased today, how the independent sector can support the NHS to bring down waits was a big component of the discussion. Hannah shared CF analysis showing RTT waiting lists have two components: BAU and backlog. This backlog component varied significantly across specialities. Radical change is needed by the new government to clear this. Justin emphasised the need to keep the patient centre as part of these pathways and described how a significant proportion of Spire appointments made available to the NHS go unfilled every week. David highlighted how the incoming Labour government have been very open to working with the independent sector to support NHS recovery to help patient outcomes. Also highlight that 94% of healthcare locations run by IHPN members have an overall rating of good or outstanding from the CQC. Well done to Tim Read for chairing! #healthcaredata #privatehealthcare
