FIPO attended the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) AGM at which it was reported it is on track to deliver its transparency programme to the satisfaction of the CMA by June 2026. In simple terms, this means patients will be able to see clear, comparable information about private healt...

Invited to address the British Orthopaedic Association’s Annual Congress in Liverpool, FIPO Vice Chairman Charlie Chan has highlighted concerns about the impact of private medical insurance practices on consultants and patients, giving rise to restrictions on patient choice. He outlined FIPO’...

FIPO has met with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to raise serious concerns that the private healthcare market is no longer operating as the CMA intended when it introduced the Private Healthcare Market Investigation Order in 2014. As private healthcare becomes increasingly dominated ...

In the light of recent events in the independent healthcare sector, it seemed appropriate to highlight FIPO’s role. FIPO is a federation comprising the majority of the medical professional associations in the UK with a private practice committee. FIPO is the senior body for specialists pro...

FIPO was on the podium for Health & Protection’s first Health Summit for advisers and intermediaries working in the UK private medical and health insurance sector. FIPO insight, provided by our Chairman Richard Packard to an audience of around 80, was very well received by insurance brokers and...

28 February 2023 FIPO and LCA Board Member Rosemary Hittinger receiving the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) ‘Consultant Champion 2022‘ award at PHIN’s Star Performers Award evening hosted at the Kings Fund. The award recognises Rosemary’s regular attendance of PHIN’s worki...

The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has published an updated and refreshed Medical Practitioners Assurance Framework (MPAF). All doctors in private practice should be familiar with the Framework, central to continuously improving the safety and quality of care they deliver to mill...

The Independent Sector Complaints Adjudication Service (ISCAS) has revised its code of conduct for the management of IS complaints. The Code offers hospital providers and complainants clarity to ensure speedy and satisfactory resolution.

We update members on FIPO activities in recent months, engaging with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) on new plans for delivering the CMA order on outcome data and fees for consultants. We also challenge the impact of ‘fee-capping...

Ian Paterson’s betrayal of the basic principles of medicine have had a devastating impact not only on the patients whose lives he ruined but also on the medical profession as a whole. FIPO welcomes this long-awaited response by the government to the remaining recommendations of the Bishop of No...