{"id":640,"date":"2020-08-28T09:01:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T09:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fipo.mysites.io\/?p=640"},"modified":"2020-09-04T09:34:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T09:34:34","slug":"private-practice-reopening-7th-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fipo.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/28\/private-practice-reopening-7th-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Practice reopening &#8211; 7th September"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 36px;\">Private Practice reopening &#8211; 7th September<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">It has been 5 months since the start of COVID-19 lockdown and for 5 months private practice has been held in suspension with many independent practitioners and their employees in financial distress, without work but most importantly and pressing, colossal waiting lists of patients who have not had access to treatment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">However, <strong>Monday 7th September<\/strong> is due to kickstart a re-opening of private healthcare.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-641\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-641\" src=\"https:\/\/fipo.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IPT-FIPO-September-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fipo.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IPT-FIPO-September-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/fipo.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IPT-FIPO-September-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">sourced from original IPT article<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">In the latest <strong>Independent Practitioner Today<\/strong> feature (<em>It&#8217;s September 7th for many happy returns!<\/em>) <strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">FIPO&#8217;s Chairman, <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Mr Richard Packard<\/span> commented on the announcement that nearly all providers in London (and some facilities outside London) were being removed from NHS COVID-19 contracts effective from Monday 7th September.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent-practitioner-today.co.uk\/2020\/08\/its-7-september-for-many-happy-returns\/\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #800080;\">Click here<\/span><\/strong><\/a> to read more about this good news and the Government&#8217;s \u00a310 billion commitment to providers to tackle the patient waiting lists under a new procurement framework.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">You may read more about our activity in our latest newsletter <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/fipo.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Summer-2020.pdf\">Summer 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 21px; color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As always:<\/span> take care and stay safe.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-642 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/fipo.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FIPO-new-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"134\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 32px;\">#PROJECTRESTARTPRIVATEPRACTICE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private Practice reopening &#8211; 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