Independent Sector
8
Recommendations
88% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (4)Accepted in Part (3)Under Review (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 2 inquiries
Across 2 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
8 total
P2-22
Accepted
Fuller Inquiry
Independent sector SOPs for deceased patients
Independent sector healthcare providers should ensure that there are Standard Operating Procedures and policies in place to protect the security and dignity of any patients that die under their care. …
- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on standard operating procedures for independent sector mortuaries was accepted in full. The HTA is …
Department of Health and…
P2-23
Accepted
Fuller Inquiry
Independent sector accompanied access to deceased
Independent sector healthcare providers should ensure that only people who have a legitimate reason to access a room that contains a deceased patient do so, even if they are staff …
- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on access controls for independent sector mortuaries was accepted in full. The HTA is working …
Department of Health and…
1
Accepted in Part
Paterson Inquiry
Single consultant data repository
We recommend that there should be a single repository of the whole practice of consultants across England, setting out their practising privileges and other critical consultant performance data – for …
- The Department of Health and Social Care stated in December 2021 that it was improving data flows to the CQC and GMC to provide …
Department of Health and…
13
Accepted in Part
Paterson Inquiry
Independent sector provider responsibility
We recommend that the government addresses, as a matter of urgency, this gap in responsibility and liability.
- The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) refreshed the Medical Practitioners Assurance Framework (MPAF) to clarify that independent providers are responsible for the quality of …
Department of Health and…
15
Under Consideration
Paterson Inquiry
Independent sector NHS contract qualification
We recommend that if the government accepts any of the recommendations set out above, it should make arrangements to ensure that these are to be applicable across the whole of …
- The government did not accept this recommendation, stating that different governance models in the NHS and independent sectors require different approaches to achieving change …
Department of Health and…
3
Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
Explaining independent sector differences
We recommend that the differences between how the care of patients in the independent sector is organised and the care of patients in the NHS is organised is explained clearly …
- The available evidence indicates that implementation is in progress but not complete. The government remains committed to publishing the information requested by the recommendation, …
Department of Health and…
6b
Accepted in Part
Paterson Inquiry
Mandatory independent complaint resolution
We recommend that all private patients should have the right to mandatory independent resolution of their complaint.
- The government stated in December 2021 that it was considering whether legislative change is needed to make independent adjudication mandatory for all private healthcare …
Department of Health and…
8
Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
Spire patient recall
We recommend that Spire should check that all patients of Ian Paterson have been recalled, and to communicate with any who have not been seen, and that they should check …
- Spire Healthcare stated in April 2025 that it had contacted all known living patients of Ian Paterson and completed a comprehensive review (Implementation update …
Spire Healthcare